Christian communities & monasticism books

During the rise of Islam, Muslim fascination with Christian monastic life was articulated through a fluid, piety-centred...  Read More >>

Belligerent warmongers or saintly monks? This book surveys the Knights Templar, exploring the controversies that...  Read More >>

Faith in the Shadow of a Pandemic aims to provide comfort, hope, and guidance for church members experiencing the...  Read More >>

Despite its rich history in the Latin tradition, Christian monasticism began in the east; the wellsprings of monastic...  Read More >>

Le livre rassemble des réflexions sur les problèmes inhérents à la fidélité et à la persévérance dans l'état de...  Read More >>

The eleventh-century monk Ekkehard IV’s Fortune and Misfortune at Saint Gall chronicles the 880s to 972, near the...  Read More >>

The first volume to explore various facets of contemporary change in consecrated religious life in selected central...  Read More >>

A rich and rare approach to the mystical and the ‘miraculous’, the strange but real parts of a life that float between...  Read More >>

The Rule of St. Benedict forms the foundation for one of the oldest ongoing institutions in all of Western civilization....  Read More >>

This book recounts and analyzes the Templars' rise and establishment during the twelfth and thirteenth centuries,...  Read More >>

Includes Old French text and English translation of the life of Saint Eufrosine, who dressed as a man to become...  Read More >>

Walking with Ignatius is a celebration of 500 years of the Society of Jesus, as seen through the eyes of its first...  Read More >>

This book explores the personal practices and group rituals for monitoring and training the thoughts of ancient...  Read More >>

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This book introduces us to rhythms for living which cultivate God's presence in our everyday lives. Accounts of...  Read More >>

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"""Urging his readers to turn their hearts towards God and each other, this book ranges deeply into Christian devotion,...  Read More >>

Nachdem Karl der Grosse das mittelalterliche Sachsen - in etwa die heutige Region Westfalen, das Bundesland Niedersachsen...  Read More >>

Columba is one of the best known and most well documented figures in Celtic Christianity and has consistently been...  Read More >>

As Nano’s journey unfolds it reveals how the steady and alluring presence of God became known to her through the...  Read More >>

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The Life Of Samuel Of Kalamun is a hagiographical account of the life of a Coptic monk who lived between about 597...  Read More >>

Book II: Admonitions Concerning Interior Things. Thomas a'Kempis advises those who want to follow Jesus to go deeper...  Read More >>

Provides the reader with the only available overview of Thomas Merton's photographs while also offering a highly...  Read More >>

"""In Desert Daughters, Desert Sons, Rachel Wheeler argues that a new reading of the texts of the Christian desert...  Read More >>