Christian communities & monasticism books

An autobiography of Ruth Burrows - the account of a life empty of outward incident after her early years, but rich...  Read More >>

More Than Silence: A Bibliography of Thomas Merton is not only one of the most comprehensive bibliographies on Merton...  Read More >>

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"Features hundreds of sisters in full habit, cutting loose and having a hoot. This title covers nuns in the surf...  Read More >>

A survey of female monasticism that begins with the first communities of Late Antiquity and ends with the Reformation....  Read More >>

People look at the monastic life as a means of healing, of disciplined living and of people coming to terms with...  Read More >>

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Introduces us to the world of Francis and his first followers and shows how their excitement and wonder at Jesus...  Read More >>

Abbo of Fleury was a prominent churchman of late tenth-century France - abbot of a major monastery, leader in the...  Read More >>

Audo’s Syriac dictionary is a reference tool coveted by all students of the Syriac language. As a language tool...  Read More >>

Audo’s Syriac dictionary is a reference tool coveted by all students of the Syriac language. As a language tool...  Read More >>

This book provides a biographical account of the remarkable Benedictine monk, Henri Le Saux (1910-1973), who spent...  Read More >>

Drawing on the story of her own monastic community, a best-selling author shoes how to redfine the essentials of...  Read More >>

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"""The Sun and Moon Over Assisi"" reveals how the lives of the two medieval saints from Assisi--Francis and Clare--helped...  Read More >>

Ana de San Bartolome (1549-1626) was a contemporary and close associate of St Teresa of Avila. Her life was a blend...  Read More >>

Ana de San Bartolome (1549-1626) was a contemporary and close associate of St Teresa of Avila. Her life was a blend...  Read More >>

Francis Mahieu Acharya A Pioneer of Christian Monasticism in India  Read More >>

Saint Benedict of Nursia (c 480-543 AD) founded twelve monasteries. Benedict wrote a set of rules governing his...  Read More >>

On the small island of Inishmurray, off the coast of County Sligo, is one of the best-preserved early medieval church...  Read More >>

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The first micro-historical 'ethnology of reading' in the Early Slavic field, Byzantine Hermeneutics and Pedagogy...  Read More >>

An exploration of the ascetical theology and praxis of sixth to eighth century Irish monasticism as a radical response...  Read More >>