Christian communities & monasticism books

Written in the 12th century by monks at the Benedictine abbey of Morigny, the Chronicle describes the abbey's foundation,...  Read More >>

In The Historical Atlas of Eastern and Western Christian Monasticism historians have collaborated to examine the...  Read More >>

Listen in as the first Western monk to live on Mt. Athos wrestles with historical differences between Christianity's...  Read More >>

This collection of essays explores the Ignatian spirit, Jesuit history, and the style of an order that changed the...  Read More >>

Rudy Cambier's decade long research and analysis of the verses of Nostradamus' 'prophecies' has shown that the language...  Read More >>

Why do the powerful mediaeval Knights Templar, the famed warriors of the Crusades, still intrigue many today? This...  Read More >>

The story of how Brother Roger founded a non-denominational Christian community at Taize, a place of peace and retreat...  Read More >>

A detailed examination of a distinctive group of female religious communities, founded by royal families in Anglo-Saxon...  Read More >>

For five hundred years the small village of Eynsham in Oxfordshire has lived with the hazy memory of a great Benedictine...  Read More >>

The Ephreta Cloister was a community of radical Pietist Germans founded by Georg Conrad Beissel, a charismatic mystic....  Read More >>

Seeks to understand the Templars, French knights who flourished in the thirteenth and fourteenth century, tackling...  Read More >>

What are the basic psychological processes which underlie the antrance, perseverance and effectiveness in priestly...  Read More >>

Details the true story of seven monks kidnapped from a Trappist monastery in war-torn Algeria to be used as negotiation...  Read More >>

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""The definitive study. . . . A learned, lively, and highly readable book, now the essential introduction to the...  Read More >>

Witness to Integrity is a first-person account of the historic dispute between the Immaculte Heart of Mary sisters...  Read More >>

"This study of the life and character of Therese of Lisieux is a remarkable, penetrating, and fascinating search...  Read More >>

Known as the Holy Mountain, Mount Athos serves as the centre of monasticism for all the Eastern Orthodox churches....  Read More >>

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As a result, Carroll concludes, Penitente membership facilitated the ""rise of the modernin New Mexico and-however...  Read More >>

Using the Clonard Redemptorists' own archival material, this book outlines the story of their first one hundred...  Read More >>

This three-volume work describes the origin, flowering and decline of one particular monastic school during the...  Read More >>

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

Essays provide evidence for the vigour and involvement of religious orders in the years immediately prior to the...  Read More >>

This study analyses the 17th-century revival of monasticism by English women who founded convents in France and...  Read More >>