Christian communities & monasticism books

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St. Maximus the Confessor: The Ascetic Life, The Four Centuries on Charity

St. Maximus the Confessor: The Ascetic Life, The Four...

Author: St Maximus the Confessor ,  Polycarp Sherwood
ISBN: 9781684931736
Format: Paperback
$47.49

St. Maximus the Confessor (1955) is a collection of theological works by the 1st-century monk St. Maximus, as well...  Read More >>

St. Maximus the Confessor: The Ascetic Life, The Four Centuries on Charity

St. Maximus the Confessor: The Ascetic Life, The Four...

Author: St Maximus the Confessor ,  Polycarp Sherwood
ISBN: 9781684931743
Format: Hardback
$73.89

St. Maximus the Confessor (1955) is a collection of theological works by the 1st-century monk St. Maximus, as well...  Read More >>

Veiled Leadership: Katharine Drexel, the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament, and  Race Relations

Veiled Leadership: Katharine Drexel, the Sisters of...

Author: Amanda Bresie
ISBN: 9780813237237
Format: Paperback
$59.40

Most writing on Mother Katharine Drexel and the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament focus on Drexel's spiritual journey,...  Read More >>

Loss in Translation: The Heritagization of Catholic Monasteries

Loss in Translation: The Heritagization of Catholic...

Author: Wouter J.W. Kock
ISBN: 9789464262063
Format: Paperback
$103.50

In this book, it is argued that the heritagization of living Catholic monasteries involves a loss in religious meaning...  Read More >>

Loss in Translation: The Heritagization of Catholic Monasteries

Loss in Translation: The Heritagization of Catholic...

Author: Wouter J.W. Kock
ISBN: 9789464262070
Format: Hardback
$297.56

In this book, it is argued that the heritagization of living Catholic monasteries involves a loss in religious meaning...  Read More >>

A Retreat with Thomas Merton: A Seven-Day Spiritual Journey

A Retreat with Thomas Merton: A Seven-Day Spiritual...

Author: Esther De Waal
ISBN: 9798400800351
Format: Paperback
$60.59

The celebrated spiritual writer Thomas Merton remains one of the most influential voices of our day. Here, Esther...  Read More >>

Speculum Inclusorum / A Mirror for Recluses: A Late-Medieval Guide for Anchorites and its Middle English Translation

Speculum Inclusorum / A Mirror for Recluses: A Late-Medieval...

Author: E. A. Jones (Department of English, University of Exeter (United Kingdom))
ISBN: 9781837644049
Format: Paperback
$64.66

This critical edition of a late-medieval English ‘rule’ for male anchorites is a timely intervention in – and stimulus...  Read More >>

The Jesuits in the United States: A Concise History

The Jesuits in the United States: A Concise History...

Author: David J. Collins
ISBN: 9781647123482
Format: Hardback
$54.99

A distinctive and modern telling of the history of the Society of Jesus in America The history of America cannot...  Read More >>

The Letters of Adam of Perseigne

The Letters of Adam of Perseigne

Author: Adam Of Perseigne ,  Thomas Merton, OCSO
ISBN: 9780879071967
Format: Paperback
$79.07

Abbot of the Cistercian monastery at Perseigne, Adam was a 'director of souls' in the late twelfth century. By his...  Read More >>

Contemporary Monastic Economy: A Sociological Perspective Across Continents

Contemporary Monastic Economy: A Sociological Perspective...

Author: Isabelle Jonveaux (University of Linz, Austria)
ISBN: 9781032073361
Format: Hardback
$284.00

Based on extensive fieldwork on three continents, this book offers a sociological examination of the economy of...  Read More >>

Der Jansenismus im deutschsprachigen Raum, 1670–1789: Bücher, Bilder, Bibliotheken

Der Jansenismus im deutschsprachigen Raum, 1670–1789:...

Author: Christoph Schmitt-Maaß
ISBN: 9783110796957
Format: Hardback
$154.35

From the mid-17th century, an inner-Catholic reform movement congregated around the idea of Jansenism, updating...  Read More >>

Monchwerden in Alter Kirche Und Christlichem Osten: Kolner Kolloquium Zur Initiatio Monastica

Monchwerden in Alter Kirche Und Christlichem Osten:...

Author: Brakmann Heinzgerd ,  Tinatin Chronz
ISBN: 9783402110638
Format: Paperback
$176.88

Das Monchtum in seinen verschiedenen Auspragungen gehort seit der Alten Kirche zu den grundlegenden Lebensformen...  Read More >>

Meditation and Prayer in the Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century Monastery: Struggling towards God

Meditation and Prayer in the Eleventh- and Twelfth-Century...

Author: Lauren Mancia (Brooklyn College, City University of New York)
ISBN: 9781641893121
Format: Hardback
$250.80

Explores the dimensions of medieval monastic meditation, prayer, and contemplation in the heyday of Benedictine...  Read More >>

Women and Monastic Reform in the Medieval West, c. 1000 – 1500: Debating Identities, Creating Communities

Women and Monastic Reform in the Medieval West, c. 1000...

Author: Julie Hotchin ,  Jirki Thibaut
ISBN: 9781837650491
Format: Hardback
$207.00

New approaches to understanding religious women's involvement in monastic reform, demonstrating how women's experiences...  Read More >>

Grief on the Road to Emmaus: A Monastic Approach to Journeying with the Bereaved

Grief on the Road to Emmaus: A Monastic Approach to...

Author: Beth L Hewett
ISBN: 9780814668047
Format: Paperback
$79.07

In Grief on the Road to Emmaus, experienced bereavement author and facilitatorBeth Hewettoffers help for people...  Read More >>

Illicit Monogamy: Inside a Fundamentalist Mormon Community

Illicit Monogamy: Inside a Fundamentalist Mormon Community...

Author: William Jankowiak
ISBN: 9780231150200
Format: Hardback
$198.95

Angel Park is a Mormon fundamentalist polygamous community where plural marriages between one man and multiple women...  Read More >>

Loving Jesus: Monastery Talks on the Gospel According to Saint Matthew

Loving Jesus: Monastery Talks on the Gospel According...

Author: Mark A. Scott, OCSO
ISBN: 9780879070656
Format: Paperback
$92.27

"""Originally given as Monastery Talks to his confreres, Mark A. Scott, OCSO, presents these commentaries to ecclesial...  Read More >>

A Benedictine Reader: 1530–1930

A Benedictine Reader: 1530–1930

Author: Hugh B. Feiss, OSB ,  Maureen M. O�Brien
ISBN: 9780879071691
Format: Paperback
$131.87

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The Capital's Charterhouses and the Record of English Carthusianism

The Capital's Charterhouses and the Record of English...

Author: Julian Luxford
ISBN: 9780888448361
Format: Hardback
$250.80

"The Capital's Charterhouses and the Record of English Carthusianism offers a substantial and versatile contribution...  Read More >>

Cardinal Schuster's Commentary on the Holy Rule of Saint Benedict

Cardinal Schuster's Commentary on the Holy Rule of Saint...

Author: Alfredo Ildefonso Cardinal Schuster
ISBN: 9781621388999
Format: Paperback
$60.59

Cardinal Schuster's commentary on the Holy Rule of St Benedict of Nursia was first published in Italian at the end...  Read More >>

Disabled Clerics in the Late Middle Ages: Un/suitable for Divine Service?

Disabled Clerics in the Late Middle Ages: Un/suitable...

Author: Ninon Dubourg
ISBN: 9789463721561
Format: Hardback
$403.92

The petitions received and the letters sent by the Papal Chancery during the Late Middle Ages attest to the recognition...  Read More >>

A Philosopher Looks at the Religious Life

A Philosopher Looks at the Religious Life

Author: Zena Hitz (St John's College, Annapolis)
ISBN: 9781108995016
Format: Paperback
$25.85

Sequestered monastic communities have always been a part of the global Christian landscape. What calls a person...  Read More >>

The Transformation of Religious Orders in Central and Eastern Europe: Sociological Insights

The Transformation of Religious Orders in Central and...

Author: Stefania Palmisano (University of Turin, Italy) ,  Isabelle Jonveaux (University of Linz, Austria)
ISBN: 9780367757090
Format: Paperback
$79.99

The first volume to explore various facets of contemporary change in consecrated religious life in selected central...  Read More >>

The Templars: The Rise, Fall, and Legacy of a Military Religious Order

The Templars: The Rise, Fall, and Legacy of a Military...

Author: Jochen Burgtorf (California State University, Fullerton, USA) ,  Shlomo Lotan (Bar Ilan University, Israel)
ISBN: 9780367756765
Format: Paperback
$79.99

This book recounts and analyzes the Templars' rise and establishment during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries,...  Read More >>

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