Religious communities & monasticism books

893 books were found.

Labrang

Labrang

Author: Paul Kocot Nietupski
ISBN: 9781559390903
Format: Paperback
$65.87

Labrang Monastery, located in the norhteast corner of the Tibetan plateau at the strategic intersection of four...  Read More >>

Himalayan Buddhist Monastery

Himalayan Buddhist Monastery

Author: M.N. Rajesh ,  L Thomas Kelly
ISBN: 9788174360540
Format: Hardback
$52.67

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American Congregations: Portraits of Twelve Religious Communities

American Congregations: Portraits of Twelve Religious...

Author: James P. Wind ,  James W. Lewis
ISBN: 9780226901879
Format: Paperback
$63.36

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

American Congregations: New Perspectives in the Study of Congregations

American Congregations: New Perspectives in the Study...

Author: James P. Wind ,  James W. Lewis
ISBN: 9780226901893
Format: Paperback
$47.52

This volume builds upon the historical studies in Volume One and addresses three crucial questions: where is the...  Read More >>

Place Apart

Place Apart

Author: Father M Basil Pennington, Ocso
ISBN: 9781336149601
Format: Electronic book text
$39.57

This book demonstrates how the peace and serenity found inside an abbey can be achieved despite the hustle and bustle...  Read More >>

America's Communal Utopias

America's Communal Utopias

Author: Donald E. Pitzer
ISBN: 9780807846094
Format: Paperback
$102.83

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America's Communal Utopias

America's Communal Utopias

Author: Donald E. Pitzer
ISBN: 9780807822999
Format: Hardback
$158.40

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Forest Recollections: Wandering Monks in Twentieth-century Thailand

Forest Recollections: Wandering Monks in Twentieth-century...

Author: Kamala Tiyavanich
ISBN: 9780824817817
Format: Paperback
$84.48

Combining interviews and bibliographies with a knowledge of archival materials and a wide reading of ephemeral popular...  Read More >>

The Textual Development of the Qumran Community Rule

The Textual Development of the Qumran Community Rule...

Author: Sarianna Metso
ISBN: 9789004106833
Format: Hardback
$528.00

This investigation into the formation of the Community Rule is the first to make full use of all the evidence of...  Read More >>

Called to Follow Christ: Commentary on the Secular Franciscan Rule

Called to Follow Christ: Commentary on the Secular Franciscan...

Author: Benet A Fonck
ISBN: 9780819909756
Format: Paperback
$26.95

SFO Resource Library, Vol. 1 This book is a complete commentary or reflection on the Rule of the Secular Franciscan...  Read More >>

Dance of a Fallen Monk: A Journey to Spiritual Enlightenment

Dance of a Fallen Monk: A Journey to Spiritual Enlightenment...

Author: George Fowler
ISBN: 9780385484077
Format: Paperback
$12.95

A former Trappist monk describes his personal seventeen-year quest for a more meaningful spiritual life, excommunication...  Read More >>

Five Mountains: The Rinzai Zen Monastic Institution in Medieval Japan

Five Mountains: The Rinzai Zen Monastic Institution...

Author: Martin Collcutt ,  Edwin O. Reischauer
ISBN: 9780674304987
Format: Paperback
$34.95

This work provides a history of the Rinzai Zen monastic institution in Medieval Japan.  Read More >>

The Perfection of Solitude: Hermits and Monks in the Crusader States

The Perfection of Solitude: Hermits and Monks in the...

Author: Andrew Jotischky
ISBN: 9780271028316
Format: Paperback
$77.99

This work presents a comprehensive study of the Latin monastic presence in the Holy Land at the time of the Crusades....  Read More >>

American Congregations: Portraits of Twelve Religious Communities

American Congregations: Portraits of Twelve Religious...

Author: James P. Wind ,  James W. Lewis
ISBN: 9780226901862
Format: Hardback
$142.56

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

American Congregations: New Perspectives in the Study of Congregations

American Congregations: New Perspectives in the Study...

Author: James P. Wind ,  James W. Lewis
ISBN: 9780226901886
Format: Hardback
$100.32

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

The Undivided Heart:: The Western Monastic Approach to Contemplation

The Undivided Heart:: The Western Monastic Approach...

Author: Michael Casey
ISBN: 9781879007048
Format: Paperback
$58.08

The desire to have some experience of God is widespread. This title involves a radical conversion of life and persevering...  Read More >>

Islands of Storm

Islands of Storm

Author: James Charles Roy
ISBN: 9780802313010
Format: Paperback
$50.03

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Bernard of Clairvaux and the Shape of Monastic Thought: Broken Dreams

Bernard of Clairvaux and the Shape of Monastic Thought:...

Author: M.B. Pranger
ISBN: 9789004100558
Format: Hardback
$380.16

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Church Universal and Triumphant: In Scholarly Perspective

Church Universal and Triumphant: In Scholarly Perspective...

Author: James R. Lewis, Shewmaker & Shewmaker LLC ,  Gordon J. Melton
ISBN: 9780819196347
Format: Paperback
$81.95

"Church Universal and Triumphant is a new religious movement in the Theosophical tradition. It has proved controversial...  Read More >>

Who is Padre Pio?

Who is Padre Pio?

Author: Leslie Rumble ,  Charles Mortimer Carty
ISBN: 9780895551016
Format: Paperback
$7.92

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Desert Fathers on Monastic Community, The. Oxford Early Christian Studies.

Desert Fathers on Monastic Community, The. Oxford Early...

Author: Graham Gould
ISBN: 9786610810185
Format: Electronic book text
$513.77

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Women in Spiritual and Communitarian Societies in the United States

Women in Spiritual and Communitarian Societies in the...

Author: Wendy E. Chmielewski ,  Louis J. Kern
ISBN: 9780815625698
Format: Paperback
$52.67

A survey of women's experiences in the American communitarian movement from the 19th century to the present. This...  Read More >>

A Sufi Saint of the Twentieth Century: Shaikh Ahmad al-'Alawi

A Sufi Saint of the Twentieth Century: Shaikh Ahmad...

Author: Martin Lings
ISBN: 9780946621507
Format: Paperback
$56.00

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