Christian communities & monasticism books

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In the fourth through sixth centuries, the monk-bishop became the dominant model of ecclesiastical leadership in...  Read More >>

"Invisible City analyzes conventual architecture in terms of the politics of sight, ""the optics of power"", the...  Read More >>

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A history of one of the oldest and most demonised orders in the world.  Read More >>

The round tower is Ireland's most distinctive medieval monument. This book explores the towers' qualities as works...  Read More >>

In Radical Hospitality, Lonni Collins Pratt and Fr. Daniel Homan present a radical vision for a kinder world.  Read More >>

An exploration of the incorporation of military architecture into religious buildings, the forms it took, and the...  Read More >>

* An updated and revised edition of the best-selling THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT A CONVENT GIRL, including a new contribution...  Read More >>

A revised and expanded version of Regular Life, released in 1997, which includes admonitions on and examples of...  Read More >>

After a long and eventful journey, often filled with controversy and anguish, Griffiths eventually attained a spiritual...  Read More >>

The four documents that make up the Rule of Saint Augustine with two introductory essays  Read More >>

The first complete critical edition and English translation of Barcelona Archivo de la Corona de Aragón, Cartes...  Read More >>

This work offers a comprehensive history of the so-called Spiritual Franciscans, a protest movement within the Franciscan...  Read More >>

Documenting at the most basic level of Catholic communal organization the interaction between change and continuity,...  Read More >>

Community is a fundamental life search. We need to belong. In our time, we search with some increasing desperation...  Read More >>

Surveys the tradition of monastic solitude from its earliest roots through to recent figures such as Charles de...  Read More >>

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Reflecting Thomas Merton's interests and talents, this collection includes articles on Merton's view of faith, his...  Read More >>

Founded by Ignatius Loyola in 1540, the Society of Jesus remains the largest and most controversial religious order...  Read More >>

This study examines the contribution of women to the Humiliati movement, providing original archival evidence which...  Read More >>

In the first chapters of this book it is the purpose to demonstrate that the spirit of sacrifice is the essence...  Read More >>

After several journeys in Europe and Africa, Francine Bernier realised the history of her hometown contained a hidden...  Read More >>

Dom Henri Le Saux (1910-1973) was a French Benedictine monk who pioneered relations between East and West when he...  Read More >>

This is a reference volume and devotional companion for everyone who aspires to live by the gentle and wise rule...  Read More >>