Christian communities & monasticism books

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The Lives of the Monks of Paulestine  Read More >>

Journalist Bianco, who has lived among Trappist monks in the U.S. and France, reports on the rigors, routines, and...  Read More >>

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An introduction to Carmelite spirituality and those who have shaped it.  Read More >>

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This is one of the very few texts which let us see how life was really lived in monasteries in the early Middle...  Read More >>

Late medieval cartulary containing a multitude of deeds relating to Clare and its neighbourhood including the endowment...  Read More >>

A second book in the six volume medieval chronicle, The Ecclesiastical History of Orderic Vitalis, a detailed history...  Read More >>

Father Joel Rippinger's account of monastic life in the United States in the last 150 years is as rich and varied...  Read More >>

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

The Rule of Augustine, very likely the oldest monastic rule with Western origins, provides daily inspiration for...  Read More >>

An insight into the unique bernardine blending of the theology of the monastic tradition and the new learning of...  Read More >>

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Hermit Monks of Grandmont  Read More >>

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In the history of Christian thought, St Bonaventure stands out as the pre-eminent Franciscan philosopher of the...  Read More >>

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This book is a volume in the Penn Press Anniversary Collection. To mark its 125th anniversary in 2015, the University...  Read More >>

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A wealth of surviving documents provide an unusually comprehensive overview of this Cistercian house.  Read More >>

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