Christian communities & monasticism books

Based on extensive archival searches, this book provides the first reconstruction of the Templar presence in North-west...  Read More >>

Presents an argument that Additional MS 37049, a Carthusian miscellany housed in the British Library closes the...  Read More >>

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1889 Original Publisher: Hunt  Read More >>

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Cold War Letters features censored letters.  Read More >>

A case study examining the history of a house of English Augustinian canons, this book reveals the ways in which...  Read More >>

Early in the thirteenth century a young woman named Clare was so moved by the teachings of Francis of Assisi that...  Read More >>

Branson, Missouri, has attracted millions of tourists. This book explores Branson's blend of religion and recreation....  Read More >>

How guests were cared for in medieval monasteries, exploring the administrative, financial, spiritual and other...  Read More >>

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Another World explores day to day life in a small Trappist monastery tucked away in the Ozark foothills. Interweaving...  Read More >>

The dedicated religious life of monks and nuns has a fascination for many of us-at a distance. We live in the world...  Read More >>

Looks at art in the formative period of the Augustinian Hermits, an order with a particularly difficult relation...  Read More >>

Thomas Merton was one of the greatest contemporary spiritual writers, whose books have enabled millions of readers...  Read More >>

States that where prayer is concerned, it is simply a matter of trying to turn to God as honestly as the person...  Read More >>

Vol. 1-3 edited by Bernhard Stasiewski; vol. 4-6 edited by Ludwig Volk; v. 51, pt. 1-2 edited by Heinz Hèurten....  Read More >>

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The aim of this volume is to sketch the history of the monastic institution from its origin to its overthrow in...  Read More >>

After the French Revolution and the dissolution of the monastic orders, the great Abbey of Cluny in France was closed...  Read More >>

Medieval historian Sharan Newman reveals the truth behind the Templars.  Read More >>

Mother Teresa was a Roman catholic nun who through sheer force of personality and belief had a huge impact on the...  Read More >>

The Society of Friends (Quakers) originated in the turmoil of the Civil War years and Interregnum. Examining Friends...  Read More >>

From the rich tradition of the Anglo-Saxon Church of the sixth, seventh, and eighth centuries, this title selects...  Read More >>