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RELIGIOUS Humility Rules: Saint Benedict's Twelve-Step Guide to Genuine Self-Esteem By Augustine Wettaby, Ignatius, 2017, 188 pp., ISBN 978-1-6216-41490, $1795 (paper).
The rule of Saint Benedict was written by Benedict of Nursia during the early Middle Ages. With Saint Benedict's emphasis on supporting the spiritual journey of the individual while addressing the administration of a committed religious community, the rule has become one of the most influential books of precepts for Christian monasticism. One of the chapters in the rule is the Ladder of Humility, which outlines twelve steps, or degrees, of humility as a design for living. It is these twelve steps that form the basis of Augustine Wetta's Humility Rules, a handbook for young adults on discipline, self-esteem, piety, work, love, and acceptance. Wetta, a Benedictine monk on the faculty of the Saint Louis Priory School, has a B.A. and an...