Christian communities & monasticism books

How nuns influenced the lives of millions of Americans, both Catholic and non-Catholic, through their work in schools,...  Read More >>

Re-examines the view that monasticism was the central driving force of the medieval world, pitching the ideals and...  Read More >>

A collection of essays on Egyptian monasticism. A must for all scholars of early Christianity. Elizabeth A. Clark,...  Read More >>

Enormous Prayers takes the reader on the authors personal journey through the United States to meet twenty-eight...  Read More >>

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Transforms our view of nuns as marginal recluses to one of central actors on the colonial stage. Beginning with...  Read More >>

Transforms our view of nuns as marginal recluses to one of central actors on the colonial stage. Based on unprecedented...  Read More >>

In this engaging work, Bruce L. Venarde uncovers a largely unknown story of women's religious lives and puts female...  Read More >>

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This book represents cartographically the dramatic impact that the Great Potato Famine had on Ireland. Based largely...  Read More >>

Christian monasticism began in Egypt over 1600 years ago, where it still thrives. This book of photographs reveals...  Read More >>

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More than 180 pastors exited the Seventh-Day Adventist ministry in Australia and New Zealand between 1980 and 1988....  Read More >>

This work is an account of the meeting of Buddhist and Christian monks and nuns in 1996. The theme of this encounter...  Read More >>

In this revised edition, Lockhart gives a comprehensive and compelling picture of the Carthusian monks, who live...  Read More >>

Mount Carmel, viewed as a holy place by Jews, Christians and Muslims, is where the prophet Elijah is venerated....  Read More >>

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This book focuses on the beginnings of the Military Orders and their heyday at the time of the Crusades, dealing...  Read More >>

This book presents an image of the moral life that first emphasizes the need to convert one's heart to Christ in...  Read More >>

In What to Expect in Seminary, Virginia Samuel Cetuk looks at the various facets of theological education -- the...  Read More >>

Anglo-Norman aristocratic patronage of Anglo-Saxon monasteries in post-Conquest England examined.  Read More >>

An alternative view of the Conquest and settlement from north-east England, charting relations between the monastic...  Read More >>