Christian communities & monasticism books

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An examination of the development of Catholic and Anglican female religious orders in nineteenth-century Britain,...  Read More >>

Previous books - Parched (978-1596090811) and Redeemed (9780670018635)  Read More >>

Anglo-Norman aristocratic patronage of Anglo-Saxon monasteries in post-Conquest England examined.  Read More >>

In this collection Mary, the mother of Jesus, goes for a contemplative skate on a frozen pond where 'praises piggyback...  Read More >>

In God is Red, Chinese dissident journalist and poet Liao Yiwu--once lauded, later imprisoned, and now celebrated...  Read More >>

Surveys the history, lifestyle and pastoral and cultural impact of the mendicant friars in medieval Ireland (the...  Read More >>

Surveys the history, lifestyle and pastoral and cultural impact of the mendicant friars in medieval Ireland (the...  Read More >>

A yearbook and complete directory of religious communities throughout the Anglican Communion, with information on...  Read More >>

The life story of Aelred of Rievaulx - the son of a married priest who went onto to become the most influential...  Read More >>

An examination of the importance of anchoritism to social, cultural and religious life in the middle ages.  Read More >>

A full and comprehensive survey of the development of the Cistercian Order which emerged from the tumultuous intellectual...  Read More >>

Charity as a Christian and, in particular, also a monastic virtue was a complex phenomenon in the Middle Ages....  Read More >>

How did medieval hermits survive on their self-denying diet? What did they eat, and how did unethical monks get...  Read More >>

Doug Pagitt brings to life ten Inventive Age characteristics as they are experienced through the community of Solomon's...  Read More >>

An exciting new history for anyone interested in the Early Church. Drawing on recent research and newly translated...  Read More >>

Christianity and monasticism have flourished in Upper Egypt from as early as the fourth century until the present...  Read More >>

Examines various aspects of Coptic civilization in Wadi al-Natrun. This book focuses on various aspects of the...  Read More >>

Christianity began in the large and fertile Fayoum oasis of Egypt's Western Desert as early as the third century,...  Read More >>

Christianity and monasticism have flourished along the Nile Valley in the Sohag region of Upper Egypt from as early...  Read More >>

Fr. Billy points to the striking benefits and authentic renewal that embracing a spirituality of communion can bring...  Read More >>

This volume is a detailed examination of the some of the letters of Ignatius available in two Greek recensions but...  Read More >>

For all those who have been trained of influenced by the Community of the Resurrection or who have any association...  Read More >>

Coulton was a talented populariser of medieval history. In this 1933 work he examines the relationship of the monasteries...  Read More >>