Christian communities & monasticism books

Intimate journey into the lives of contemporary Roman Catholic monks and their sense of place  Read More >>

Catherine Coldstream's memoir of life inside the world of a traditional Carmelite monastery and her personal journey...  Read More >>

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A revelatory account of how Christian monks identified distraction as a fundamental challenge—and how their efforts...  Read More >>

""His life suggested that one could be spiritually grounded and thriving in more than one tradition at the same...  Read More >>

The Christian monastery of Ghazali, located in Wadi Abu Dom, in northern Sudan, is one of the most famous archaeological...  Read More >>

This book examines the influence of the monastic tradition beyond the Reformation.  Read More >>

""In May and October of 1968, Thomas Merton offered two extended conferences at Our Lady of the Redwoods Abbey,...  Read More >>

""Inspired by Pope Francis's encyclical, Laudato Sâi, and Benedictine communities around the world whose shared...  Read More >>

Born in a provincial city in the Peruvian Andes, the Franciscan linguist and theologian Luis Geronimo de Ore (1554-1630)...  Read More >>

Based on a close rereading of material and textual remains, this volume challenges the interpretation of early Christian...  Read More >>

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""A new translation of the Greek alphabetical Apophthegmata Patrum, The Sayings of the Desert Fathers. Includes...  Read More >>

This is the English translation of the Arabic life of Abba Moses the Strong, according to a 14th century manuscript....  Read More >>

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Medieval Monasticism traces the Western Monastic tradition from its fourth-century origins in the deserts of Egypt...  Read More >>

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

One simple YES can transform your life forever. Discover the mesmerizing true story where a young Carmelite monastic...  Read More >>

Throughout the long history of Irish monasticism, the experience of women monastics has, until recently, been relatively...  Read More >>

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

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

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