Christian communities & monasticism books

This study of early Christian monasticism by Derwas Chitty has already proved to be a classic. No other account...  Read More >>

The first of this two-volume study chronicles the founding, growth and development of 12 congregations that represent...  Read More >>

Building upon the empirical foundation provided by the historical studies in the first volume of this project, this...  Read More >>

This register presents biographical information, drawn from a wide variety of sources, concerning the origins, education,...  Read More >>

This edition of surveys and charters relating to the French estates of the abbey of Holy Trinity, Caen, complements...  Read More >>

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`Deserves a resounding welcome from medievalists.' EHR  Read More >>

Walter Daniel knew Aelred well and attended him on his deathbed in 1167. He remembered, and portrayed, him as abbot,...  Read More >>

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"A study of the monastic movement in Palestine during the Byzantine period. The monasteries of the desert - in Jerusalem,...  Read More >>

Situated in a period that witnessed the genesis of institutions fundamental to this day, this study offers a comprehensive...  Read More >>

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This collection of studies by Dickens includes a reprint of his edition of the long out-of-print The Chronicle of...  Read More >>

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The history of the Sisters of the Holy Cross, from the time of their founding in 1841 to the death of their founder,...  Read More >>

13- & 14c- documents illuminate religious, social, and economic history of the period.  Read More >>

Isle of the Saints recreates the harsh yet richly spiritual world of medieval Irish monks on the Christian frontier...  Read More >>

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A new model of Church is emerging in the creative pastoral initiatives of a number of small, independent groups...  Read More >>

To those who long to do something about inequity and poverty, about consuming consumerism and spiritual emptiness....  Read More >>

Presents the study of Catholic reform in the sixteenth century. This title includes essays that focus on the religious...  Read More >>

Reveals, through a close comparison of monasteries for men and women, stark contrasts in the social and economic...  Read More >>

For religious orders to continue as a vital force in the Catholic Church, in the United States, and in the world,...  Read More >>

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