Christian communities & monasticism books

Ranging from studies of the influence of desert eremiticism upon a variety of expressions of religious enclosure...  Read More >>

From The Nun's Story to The Flying Nun to The Singing Nun, nuns were a major presence in the mainstream media. Sullivan...  Read More >>

From The Nun's Story to The Flying Nun to The Singing Nun, nuns were a major presence in the mainstream media. Sullivan...  Read More >>

Explores the great 13th century mystery: Why was the body of St Francis stolen and hidden. This multi-layered, intricately...  Read More >>

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"Journey into Depth is a thorough comparison of monastic formation and preparation for becoming a Jungian psychoanalyst:...  Read More >>

"Here in ""St. Benedict's Toolbox"", readers will find a primer on how to use these tools in their own tumultuous...  Read More >>

In Seek and You Will Find, the brothers from the Taize community offer a series of short meditations on questions...  Read More >>

Brings to light for the first time the innovative healing practices of monasteries and their role in the development...  Read More >>

For the medieval Cistercian abbot Aelred of Rievaulx, human beings are capable of happiness because human nature...  Read More >>

The astonishing, hitherto untold secret history of the first child sex abuse scandal to rock the Catholic Church...  Read More >>

Takes us behind the walls of a Roman Catholic convent in central Mexico to explore the lives, training, and experiences...  Read More >>

Examines how the governance structures that operated in this congregation evolved in response to ecclesiastical...  Read More >>

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An overview of the spirituality, religious practices, and ways of life of medieval Italian women who belonged to...  Read More >>

In this work. Evagrius Evagrius' commentaries on scripture are discussed, with his better-known works, in order...  Read More >>

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One of the writers and teachers of Benedictine spirituality shares the burdens of his heart for Christians. Michael...  Read More >>

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In the story of Irish monasticism one chapter has been curiously neglected: the Irish Benedictine tradition has...  Read More >>

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* Imaginative, scrupulously researched biography of a man who is both the most radical and the most universally...  Read More >>

An engaging history of the life of Catherine McAuley, founder of the Sisters of Mercy--the Mercy congregation now...  Read More >>

Diese umfassende Untersuchung zum Gottesbild der deutschen Mystikerinnen knupft an den Vorgangerband Ekstase und...  Read More >>