Religious communities & monasticism books

Saint Rafael Arnaiz was born in Burgos, Spain, on April 9, 1911. When he was twenty-one years old, he left behind...  Read More >>

Making the monastic tradition available to twenty-first-century seekers, so that we can live our ordinary lives...  Read More >>

This study analyzes the role of asceticism, icons, and the guru in South India. Tracing the development of Hindu...  Read More >>

Gregory the Great was pope from 590 to 604, a time of great turmoil in Italy and in the western Roman Empire generally...  Read More >>

The book shows how minority groups recreate their traditions and employ them as a means to preserve ethnic boundaries,...  Read More >>

St. Benedict of Norcia (480-547) is indisputably one of the most influential figures in the development of the culture...  Read More >>

St. Benedict of Norcia (480-547) is indisputably one of the most influential figures in the development of the culture...  Read More >>

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""A dose of grace for parents"" This short easy-to-read book shows the simplicity of leading a contemplative life...  Read More >>

Four translations of major accounts of the life of the fourth-century Egyptian desert father St. Bishoi, in one...  Read More >>

Describes information from Cistercian chronicles on physical phenomena and gives an insight from the necrologies...  Read More >>

This book is about communal living, as practised by the Pilsdon Community in Dorset. It describes an alternative...  Read More >>

The detailed works of Abba Dorotheos and his teachings.  Read More >>

In his letter to Nun Eusebia, we are offered a unique and intimate glimpse into St Nektarios' role as a spiritual...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1966, the full Georgian text of the oldest version of this Christian version of this matchless...  Read More >>

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The Templars. The Hospitallers. The Teutonic Knights. Even after almost a thousand years, the names of the great...  Read More >>

A comprehensive study of female religious life in medieval Tuscany and the development of new categories of religious...  Read More >>

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"""Michael Casey combines his observations about the joys and challenges of living in community with an appreciation...  Read More >>

"""Based on notes kept for over sixty years by an early American novice at New Camaldoli Hermitage, The Hermits...  Read More >>

""An exploration of what Cistercian writers and preachers have said about Mary from the time of the founding fathers...  Read More >>

Asceticism is founded on the possibility that human beings can profoundly transform themselves through training...  Read More >>

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