Christian communities & monasticism books

1629 books were found.

A Monastic Introduction to Sacred Scripture

A Monastic Introduction to Sacred Scripture

Author: Thomas Merton ,  Patrick F O'Connell
ISBN: 9781725253001
Format: Paperback
$81.84

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Inspiring Faith Communities: A Programme of Evangelisation

Inspiring Faith Communities: A Programme of Evangelisation...

Author: Michael Hurley
ISBN: 9781788122696
Format: Paperback
$30.92

In an easy to read style, this book will provide possibilities and sightlines for individuals, communities and parishes,...  Read More >>

Living Words: Readings and Reflections on Inspiring Faith Communities

Living Words: Readings and Reflections on Inspiring...

Author: Michael Hurley
ISBN: 9781788122962
Format: Paperback
$11.64

A collection of readings and reflections for participants in the Inspiring Faith Communities programme.  Read More >>

A Monastic Introduction to Sacred Scripture

A Monastic Introduction to Sacred Scripture

Author: Thomas Merton ,  Patrick F O'Connell
ISBN: 9781725253018
Format: Hardback
$134.64

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Women Religious and Epistolary Exchange in the Carmelite Reform: The Disciples of Teresa de Avila

Women Religious and Epistolary Exchange in the Carmelite...

Author: Bárbara Mujica
ISBN: 9789463723435
Format: Hardback
$302.74

The sixteenth century was a period of crisis in the Catholic Church. Monastic reorganization was a major issue,...  Read More >>

Charity for and by the Poor: Franciscan and Indigenous Confraternities in Mexico, 1527-1700

Charity for and by the Poor: Franciscan and Indigenous...

Author: Laura Dierksmeier
ISBN: 9780806166285
Format: Hardback
$145.20

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The Exorcist of Sombor: The Mentality of an Eighteenth-Century Franciscan Friar

The Exorcist of Sombor: The Mentality of an Eighteenth-Century...

Author: Dániel Bárth
ISBN: 9780367356798
Format: Hardback
$284.00

The Exorcist of Sombor examines the life course, practice and mentality of an eighteenth-century Franciscan friar,...  Read More >>

The Military Orders Volume VI (Part 1): Culture and Conflict in The Mediterranean World

The Military Orders Volume VI (Part 1): Culture and...

Author: Jochen Schenk (University of Glasgow, UK) ,  Mike Carr
ISBN: 9780367884062
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Forty papers link the study of the military orders’ cultural life and output with their involvement in political...  Read More >>

English Register of Godstow Nunnery, Near Oxford: Part I

English Register of Godstow Nunnery, Near Oxford: Part...

Author: Andrew Clark
ISBN: 9781138314252
Format: Paperback
$67.99

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Writing History in the Community of St Cuthbert, c.700-1130: From Bede to Symeon of Durham

Writing History in the Community of St Cuthbert, c.700-1130:...

Author: Charles C. Rozier
ISBN: 9781903153949
Format: Hardback
$194.06

An examination of the extraordinary texts produced by the community of St Cuthbert, showing how they were used to...  Read More >>

Struggle and Ascent: The History of Mount Angel Abbey

Struggle and Ascent: The History of Mount Angel Abbey...

Author: Joel Rippinger
ISBN: 9780814665039
Format: Paperback
$79.07

"""The history of Mount Angel Abbey as the history of a pilgrim Church, a steady and transformative sign of God's...  Read More >>

Sites of the Ascetic Self: John Cassian and Christian Ethical Formation

Sites of the Ascetic Self: John Cassian and Christian...

Author: Niki Kasumi Clements
ISBN: 9780268107857
Format: Hardback
$171.60

Reconsiders contemporary debates about ethics and subjectivity in an extended engagement with the works of fifth-century...  Read More >>

St. Maximus the Confessor: The Ascetic Life, The Four Centuries on Charity

St. Maximus the Confessor: The Ascetic Life, The Four...

Author: St Maximus The Confessor ,  O S B Polycarp Sherwood
ISBN: 9781621385455
Format: Paperback
$46.58

St. Maximus the Confessor might well be called the Saint of Synthesis. His thought places him between the theologies...  Read More >>

St. Maximus the Confessor: The Ascetic Life, The Four Centuries on Charity

St. Maximus the Confessor: The Ascetic Life, The Four...

Author: St Maximus The Confessor ,  O S B Polycarp Sherwood
ISBN: 9781621385462
Format: Hardback
$67.27

St. Maximus the Confessor might well be called the Saint of Synthesis. His thought places him between the theologies...  Read More >>

Wandering, Begging Monks: Spiritual Authority and the Promotion of Monasticism in Late Antiquity

Wandering, Begging Monks: Spiritual Authority and the...

Author: Daniel Caner
ISBN: 9780520344563
Format: Paperback
$57.95

An apostolic lifestyle characterized by total material renunciation, homelessness, and begging was practiced by...  Read More >>

Humble Aspiration: Constructing an Early Christian Ideal

Humble Aspiration: Constructing an Early Christian Ideal...

Author: Bernadette McNary-Zak
ISBN: 9780814684061
Format: Paperback
$65.87

"""Explores various concepts of Christian humility in late antiquity, looking closely at some of the ways humility...  Read More >>

The Practice of the Presence of God

The Practice of the Presence of God

Author: Brother Lawrence
ISBN: 9781609425371
Format: Hardback
$25.62

The Practice of the Presence of God is a book of collected teachings of Brother Lawrence, a 17th-century Carmelite...  Read More >>

Monastic Experience in Twelfth-Century Germany: The Chronicle of Petershausen in Translation

Monastic Experience in Twelfth-Century Germany: The...

Author: Alison I. Beach ,  Shannon M. T. Li
ISBN: 9781526126788
Format: Hardback
$183.99

This first English translation of the twelfth-century Chronicle of Petershausen offers an intimate and colourful...  Read More >>

This Is My Body: Eucharistic Theology and Anthropology in the Writings of Gertrude the Great of Helfta

This Is My Body: Eucharistic Theology and Anthropology...

Author: Ella Johnson
ISBN: 9780879072803
Format: Paperback
$92.27

"""Examines how the writings of the thirteenth-century nun Gertrude the Great of Helfta articulate an innovative...  Read More >>

Tales of a Magic Monastery

Tales of a Magic Monastery

Author: Theopane the Monk
ISBN: 9780824500856
Format: Paperback
$39.47

Like the parables of Jesus these tales repeatedly unfold new levels of meaning if we are willing to sit with them....  Read More >>

Medieval Monasticisms: Forms and Experiences of the Monastic Life in the Latin West

Medieval Monasticisms: Forms and Experiences of the...

Author: Steven Vanderputten
ISBN: 9783110543773
Format: Paperback
$51.39

Steven Vanderputten presents a concise overview of monastic life as a central lifeform in medieval society. Moreover,...  Read More >>

Reading with the Heart: Lectio Divina, the Cistercian Way of Prayer

Reading with the Heart: Lectio Divina, the Cistercian...

Author: Eleanor Campion OCSO
ISBN: 9781788121118
Format: Paperback
$64.56

This is a collection of essays on aspects of Lectio Divina or Sacred Reading, written by the men and women of the...  Read More >>

Shorter Catecheses

Shorter Catecheses

Author: Theodore the Stoudite ,  Luke Penkett, OSB
ISBN: 9780879072810
Format: Paperback
$118.67

A collection of homilies of Theodore the Stoudite which address many problems that the Christian faces today, including...  Read More >>

Silja Walter in 30 Tagen: Fur Anfanger Und Fortgeschrittene

Silja Walter in 30 Tagen: Fur Anfanger Und Fortgeschrittene...

Author: Martin Werlen
ISBN: 9783451387845
Format: Paperback
$31.68

Die Bibel ist eine Gegend, in der man wohnen kann. Da lauft ein Wasser hindurch, lebendiges Wasser. Silja Walter...  Read More >>

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