Christian communities & monasticism books

A look at the origins of the Holy Cross community in America and its university. The vision necessitated a great...  Read More >>

In this intimate, first-hand study of the daily life in a Trappist monastery, Hillery concludes that what binds...  Read More >>

Introduction and first part of cartulary of a three-volume edition of Eye charter material.  Read More >>

This study argues that monastic theology offers a medieval Catholic paradigm distinct from the scholastic theology...  Read More >>

Presenting a good retreat house guide, this book describes in detail nearly 200 guest houses, monasteries and convents....  Read More >>

Presents lives of eighteen Frankish women of the sixth and seventh centuries, all of whom became saints. This title...  Read More >>

In the decade following the Second Vatican Council - roughly 1965-1975 - the Jesuit order underwent an internal...  Read More >>

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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 >>

Discussion of site and buildings, books and manuscripts, cultural life and traditions, from the earliest Anglo-Saxon...  Read More >>

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 >>

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

A monk and a scholar generally recognized as the keenest philosophical and theological mind of his time, Anselm,...  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 >>

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One of the ""Library of Medieval Women"", this volume contains extracts from the wisdom and humour of Margaret of...  Read More >>

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Hermit Monks of Grandmont  Read More >>