Religious communities and monasticism Books
Liturgical Press New Faces New Possibilities
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This book offers a comprehensive and insightful contribution to understanding transformations experienced in the institutes of consecrated life in the United States and globally. It is unique in that most of the chapters articulate the realities of aging members and the cultural and ethnic diversity of the emerging religious institutes. The book documents thoughtful reflections, learnings, and innovative ways religious institutes are reimaging new structures for mission and charism, including discernment processes and new governance and collaborative models. This book invites us into the emerging creative field of research on consecrated life. Regardless of the challenges facing religious life today, this book affirms the core tenet of consecrated women's fidelity to God and pragmatic listening to contemporary challenges as an opportunity to learn and respond to new realities with new possibilities, hope, wisdom, and grace."Sister Jane Wakahiu, LSOSF, Associate Vice President of Programs Operations and Head Catholic Sisters Initiative at the Conrad N. Hilton Foundation"For those seeking to understand contemporary religious life for women, this book sheds light on a complex picture."Horizon"This book has the potential to enlighten, encourage, and support what is already going on and what is emerging in women's religious life in this country. It is hoped that this book will be widely read, studied, discussed, and its implications implemented not only by current leaders but by the rank and file who will live through what is emerging, and that the material it provides will facilitate the transformation that is required if religious life is to find its footing in a new sociocultural religious setting."Theological Studies"This edited volume takes a big step to paint an accurate picture of both the peril and the promise that congregations of women religious face in this first quarter of the twenty-first century."Catholic Books Review"An excellent review of several recent CARA studies and an outstanding way to summarize them in one place. It is a great resource for current or new leaders in religious communities."American Benedictine ReviewTable of ContentsContentsList of Figures viiList of Tables ixList of Contributors xiIntroduction. Why Are Catholic Sisters Important Today? Thomas P. Gaunt xvPart I: New Waves of Women Religious Chapter 1. New Members in Religious Life in the United States Mary L. Gautier and Thu T. Do 3 Chapter 2. Cultural Diversity in Vocations to Religious Life in the United States Thu T. Do and Jonathon L. Wiggins 27 Chapter 3. International Religious Institutes in the United States Patricia Wittberg and Thu T. Do 51 Chapter 4. Challenges of Newer Members in Communities of Women Religious Juliet Mousseau and Mumbi Kigutha 75Part II: Changes in Governance and Collaboration Chapter 5. The Evolution of Leadership in Religious Life Michal Kramarek and Patricia Wittberg 89 Chapter 6. Restructuring Governance in Religious Life Jonathon L. Wiggins and Thomas P. Gaunt 111 Chapter 7. Fidelity to the Journey: Options for Canonical Restructuring and Collaboration Sharon Euart 131 Chapter 8. Experiences of Restructuring, Growth, Culture, and Ethnicity Patricia Cormack and Maria Theotokos Adams 147 Conclusion. What Are We Learning? Thomas P. Gaunt 167Appendix. Research Studies Used in This Book 171References 181Index 185
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Liturgical Press The Rule of St Basil in Latin and English A Revised Critical Edition
Book SynopsisA Revised Critical EditionTrade Review"The translation is stylish and accurate without being slavish. Text and translation are laid out on facing pages, with a critical apparatus and sometimes commentary beneath the Latin text, and notes beneath the English translation."Dr. Dennis Minns, OP, Tjurunga
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University of Hawai'i Press Unsui Diary of Zen Monastic Life
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University of Hawai'i Press Forest Recollections Wandering Monks in
Book SynopsisCombining interviews and biographies with archive materials and ephemeral popular literature, this text documents the monastic lives of three generations of forest-dwelling ascetics and challenges the stereotype of Thai Buddhism.
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University of Hawai'i Press Buddhist Monks and Business Matters Still More Papers on Monastic Buddhism in India Studies in the Buddhist Traditions
Book SynopsisThe second in a series of collected essays looking at Indian Buddhism.
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University of Hawai'i Press Morality and Monastic Revival in PostMao Tibet
Book SynopsisDrawing on the recent moral turn in anthropology, this volume, the first full-length ethnographic study of the subject, explores the social and moral dimensions of monastic revival and reform across a range of Geluk monasteries in northeast Tibet (Amdo/Qinghai Province) from the 1980s on.
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University of Hawai'i Press Lotus Blossoms and Purple Clouds
Book SynopsisSoutheast China is a traditional stronghold of Buddhism, but little scholarly attention has been paid to this fact. Brian Nichols’s pioneering Lotus Blossoms and Purple Clouds, centres on a large Buddhist monastery in Quanzhou and combines ethnographic detail with stimulating analysis to examine religion in post-Mao China.Trade ReviewLotus Blossoms and Purple Clouds is a thoroughly innovative study of the revival of the Quanzhou Kaiyuan Monastery in southeast China. It builds on a significant period of ethnographic investigation, including follow-up longitudinal research, and exhibits sound historical scholarship that makes excellent use of both Chinese and English sources. Brian Nichols has produced by far the most comprehensive study of Han Buddhist monasticism in post-Mao China to date." —Gareth Fisher, Syracuse University"Thanks to Brian Nichols we have at last a wide-ranging account of a local Buddhist temple in China, one that problematizes official and normative narratives of modern Buddhism and invites us to see what actually happens on the ground." —Stefania Travagnin, SOAS, University of London
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Loyola University Press,U.S. Saint Peter Canisius
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Quest Books,U.S. Questions from the City Answers from the Forest
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Quest Books,U.S. The Templars and the Grail Knights of the Quest
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Gracewing In a Great and Noble Tradition
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Belfast Byzantine Texts and Translations (BBTT) Work and Worship at the Theotokos Evergetis
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BRF (The Bible Reading Fellowship) A Franciscan Way of Life Brother Ramons quest for
Book SynopsisBe inspired by one man's unflinching faith in God. This is the first biography of Brother Ramon. It tells of his life's pilgrimage, his quest for holiness as a Franciscan friar, his inner journey of discovery and transformation, his love of God and his influence on others. The selection from his writings which concludes the book illustrates his spiritual journey. It will be an inspiration to readers to live lives fully for Jesus Christ.
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Liturgical Press The Way Of Humility 11 Monastic Wisdom Series 11
Book SynopsisOffers an essay on the nature of humility that revisions this fundamental Christian virtue away from the misunderstandings of both the scholastic tradition and its modern counterparts to locate humility in the ancient sources of the monastic tradition.
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Liturgical Press The Life of the Vows Initiation into the Monastic Tradition 30 Monastic Wisdom Series 30
Book SynopsisInitiation into the Monastic TraditionTrade ReviewWhile written prior to Vatican II with an emphasis on external observances, Merton addresses his novices in a refreshingly direct way. His comments on chastity and poverty are still valuable for today and helpful for any newcomer to the life discerning lifetime commitments.Br. Placid Morris, Vocation Director, Abbey of New Clairvaux, Vina, CAThe Life of the Vows is an excellent, detailed presentation of the perennial challenges of the Benedictine vows for anyone who wants to understand them better in order to live them well. A truly helpful study for one in initial formation or as a refresher course for veteran monastics.Br. M. Anthony Weber, OCSO, Vocation Director, Abbey of the GeneseeTable of ContentsTable of Contents Preface vii Introduction xiii An Introduction to the Life of the Vows 1 Appendix A: Textual notes 491 Appendix B: Table of Correspondences 544 Appendix C: For Further Reading 549 Index 551
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Liturgical Press Born from the Gaze of God The Tibhirine Journal of a Martyr Monk 19931996 37 Monastic Wisdom Series 37
Book SynopsisThe Tibhirine Journal of a Martyr Monk (1993-1996)
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Liturgical Press Monastic Practices
Trade ReviewAs an aspiring monk, I found the first edition of Monastic Practices to be a treasury of both wisdom and practical information for living the monastic life. Each chapter covers an aspect, beginning with `Sacred Reading' and concluding with `From Death to Life.' And now, as a professed monk of several years and vocation director of New Melleray Abbey, I am excited to have the opportunity to recommend the new edition of this fine book to the next generation of aspiring monks. Br. Paul Andrew Tanner, OCSO, New Melleray Abbey, Peosta, Iowa"The author's personal, conversational style are very engaging and it is obvious that he has a mastery of the subject, having lived it since 1960. Whether you have a monastic library or are looking to build one up, or you wish to the book to someone who is seeking to deepen their spirituality, you can't go wrong with this book."Karl A. Schultz"Fr. Charles Cummings's revised Monastic Practices is an insider's guide to life in the monastic world. Although specifically directed at monastics, it offers secular readers much worthy of pondering value. Drawing on his lifetime in a Trappist abbey, Fr. Charles offers a richly austere, very beautiful volume. For many topics, Fr. Charles provides both the historical practice and the ways in which it has been modified more recently, assisting someone living in community to understand some of the more mystifying customs, or a secular reader to comprehend something of the way monks adapt to the changing world. The meditative bits that appear scattered throughout-discussion of silence, the quality of the cell, and the presence of death-add to the overall balance between instruction and reflection, history and now, individual and community that make Monastic Practices a distinctive and valuable contribution to the body of monastic literature."Marjory Lange, Western Oregon University"The revised edition of Monastic Practices continues to be useful for forming human lives, monastic or lay. In re-reading, I have found myself deepening my own understanding and renewing my own commitment to these fundamentals of our life. I continue to be grateful for the wisdom and charm of this book. Thank you, Fr. Charles."Cassian Russell, OCSO, Cistercian Studies Quarterly
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Liturgical Press The Wisdom of the Pearlers An Anthology of Syriac Christian Mysticism Cistercian Studies 216
Book SynopsisAn Anthology of Syriac Christian Mysticism
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Liturgical Press Talking Back
Book Synopsis How did the monks of the Egyptian desert fight against the demons that attacked them with tempting thoughts? How could Christians resist the thoughts of gluttony, fornication, or pride that assailed them and obstructed their contemplation of God? According to Evagrius of Pontus (345 ''399), one of the greatest spiritual directors of ancient monasticism, the monk should talk back to demons with relevant passages from the Bible. His book Talking Back (Antirrhêtikos)lists over 500 thoughts or circumstances in which the demon-fighting monk might find himself, along with the biblical passages with which the monk should respond. It became one of the most popular books among the ascetics of Late Antiquity and the Byzantine East, but until now the entire text had not been translated into English. From Talking Back we gain a better understanding of Evagrius''s eight primary demons: gluttony, fornication, love of money, sadness, anger, listlessness, vainglory, and pride. We can explore a central aspect of early monastic spirituality, and we get a glimpse of the temptations and anxieties that the first desert monks faced. David Brakke is professor and chair of the Department of Religious Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences of Indiana University. He studied ancient Christianity at Harvard Divinity School and Yale University. Brakke is the author of Athanasius and Asceticism and Demons and the Making of the Monk: Spiritual Combat in Early Christianity, and he edits the Journal of Early Christian Studies. Trade Review"This work makes available to the English readership a work that not only offers a fuller appreciation of the spirituality of Evagrius and his psychology but provides as well a more concrete understanding of the psychology and struggles of the early monks in the Egyptian desert."Cistercian Studies Quarterly"This is a very practical, dealing-with-the-issues kind of lectio divina. The monks of Evagrius' time considered this a read spiritual treasure. The same treasure is now available to us in English."American Benedictine Review"With much wisdom and thought, Evagrius of Pontus is a must read for anyone who wants to best understand ancient Christianity and learn about its roots."Midwest Book Review
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Liturgical Press The Spiritual Meadow By John Moschos 139 Cistercian Studies 139
Book SynopsisSpiritual Meadow by John Moschos
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Liturgical Press The Celtic Monk
Book Synopsis The Irish temperamentindividualistic, poetic, and deeply loyal to familyproduced great and learned saints and a unique monastic literature before the Norman Invasion. the isolation of the island allowed the development of traditions different from those of either Britain or the continent. These graceful translations of Irish monastic rules and spiritual maxims, along with samples of Irish litanies and poetry from the early Celtic monastic world, convey thespirituality of the Isle of Saints from the sixth to eighth centuries.
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Liturgical Press The Hermitage Within Spirituality of the Desert by a Monk 180 Cistercian Studies 180
Book SynopsisA new edition of a treasured contemplative classic. The author takes readers on a journey based on biblical themes and urges them to seek a personal inner hermitage in which to seek and to reach God. 'Not everyone, obviously, can and should live as a monk or hermit. But no Christian can do without an inner hermitage in which to meet his God.'
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Liturgical Press The Rule Of Saint Benedict A Doctrinal and Spiritual Commentary 54 Cistercian Studies Series 54
Book SynopsisA Doctrinal and Spiritual CommentaryTrade Review. . . the most important commentary on the RB that has appeared in our generation.WorshipA superb and essential book, presenting the results of decades of scholarship by Vogüé.Religious Studies Review. . . an important book by one of the great contemporary scholars of the Benedictine tradition . . .Review for Religious
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Liturgical Press The Life of Antony The Coptic Life and The Greek Life 202 Cistercian Studies 202
Book SynopsisThe Life of Antony constitutes, in the words of patristics scholar Johannes Quasten, 'the most important document of early monasticism.' Here is one volume are translations of the text in the Greek written by Athanasius and in the Coptic. Two short contemporary coptic texts further manifest the powerful influence of 'the father of monks.'Trade ReviewThis translation makes a number of significant early writings about Antony available, and that at a reasonable price. It is very welcome.SobornostDo not miss reading this treasure, giving it as a gift to others, teaching it in Sunday School, or help get it introduced in college Curriculum.Saad Michael Saad Watani
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Liturgical Press The Praktikos Chapters On Prayer 4 Cistercian Studies Series 4
Book SynopsisThe living link through whom the ascetic principles of hellenistic philosophers passed into monasticism, Evagrius molded christian asceticism through his own works and through his influence on John Cassian, Climacus, Pseudo 'Denis, and Saint Benedict.Trade ReviewEvagrius received the desert traditionabout prayer that had been developed over several generations before him. But he was the first to organize it into a coherent system.Coptic Church Review
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Liturgical Press The Rule of the Master 6 Cistercian Studies 6
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Liturgical Press Discourses and Sayings
Book SynopsisA shrewd observer, a master psychologist, an accomplished raconteur, Dorotheos is a learned man with a prodigious capacity for assimilating in an organized harmony the wisdom of his predecessors in the life of the Spirit. The ideal spiritual master to introduce modern readers to the spiritual universe of the deserts of Egypt, Palestine, and Syria.Trade Review. . . no text I know renders the ascetic spirit more accessible to the modern reader.Religious Studies ReviewDorotheos lets us glimpse a little of the life in his distant time and place . . . He doesn't write about theological abstractions, but about the passions and sins that every one of us recognizes in ourselves, monk or lay. We know what he is talking about.Epiphany Journal
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Liturgical Press Lives of the Desert Fathers
Book SynopsisIn the year 394 seven monks from Palestine made a difficult journey through the Egyptian desert, drawn there by stories of remarkable men. What they found in the communities living far up the Nile Valley fully accorded with their expectations, and in the account written by one of their number we have a rare contemporary source of information about the lives of these Desert Fathers.The witness of the monks in the face of a corrupt and declining, though nominally Christian Empire, and the roots of monasticism in fourth century Egypt, are subjects of steadily growing interest in the Church in the twentieth century. In her long and illuminating introduction Sister Benedicta Ward SLG explores the background of these traveller''s tales and their encounters with the great men of the Desert, and places the account in its literary context alongside the complementary text of the ''Sayings'' of the Fathers and the later, more sophisticated literature. She indicates throughout the socialTrade Review. . . may make a good source for the historian; it may give some information and pleasure for the casual reader. But the spiritual man will never forget the people he meets in it.Coptic Church ReviewThe work is a gem.Choice
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Liturgical Press The Sayings of the Desert Fathers The Apophthegmata Patrum The Alphabetic Collection 59 Cistercian Studies Series 59
Book Synopsis`Give me a word, Father', visitors to early desert monks asked. The responses of these pioneer ascetics were remembered and in the fourth century written down in Coptic, Syriac, Greek, and later Latin. Their Sayings were collected and read by generations of Christians as life-giving words that would help readers along the path to salvation.Trade Review. . . the only English translation of the most complete version of the Apophthegmata Patrum, a compilation of sayings from the desert monks of Egypt, Syria, and Palestine in the fourth to sixth century, likely to be widely read and enjoyed for their own sake.ChoiceA delightful insight into the lives of ascetics who left all to follow Christ . . . a very readable translation of an important collection of sayings.Sisters Today. . . should be on the shelf of every library concentrating in spirituality.Abba
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Liturgical Press Spiritual Friendship
Book SynopsisSpiritual Friendship is today the best known and perhaps most influential of the 13 surviving works of Aelred, abbot of the English Cistercian abbey of Rievaulx from 1147-1167. This fresh new translation allows the intellectual and Christian insight of this great teacher and writer to speak clearly to today's seekers of love, wisdom, and truth.Trade ReviewThis new edition provides an especially good introduction, extensive bibliography of sources, translations and secondary studies and a crisp, new translation.Bonnie Thurston, Cistercian Studies QuarterlyThis small text provides much to glean, ponder, and in which to delight.American Benedictine Review
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St Vladimir's Seminary Press,U.S. A Layman in the Desert
Book SynopsisOrthodox Christians today have no lack of resources on monastic spirituality. And yet startlingly little has been done to critically engage the monastic tradition and adapt its ancient wisdom for the Orthodox faithful living in today's complex society.
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Holy Trinity Publications The MarthaMary Convent and Rule of St Elizabeth
Book SynopsisSt. Elizabeth was a grand daughter of Queen Victoria of Great Britain and Ireland, and the sister of the last Czarina Alexandra. This short work sets forth in the Grand Duchess's own words her vision for monastic life in inner city early twentieth century Moscow.
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Griffith Institute Coptic and Greek Texts Relating to the
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Catholic Record Society The Chronicles of Nazareth The English Convent
Book SynopsisDocuments from the major convent at Bruges shed fresh and illuminating light on its life.The English Augustinian Canonesses at Bruges kept records of daily life and key events in their convent from its foundation in 1629. Living in exile, members of the convent were well-aware of their importance to the survival of English Catholicism for women. Keeping full records served to maintain a reputation which would attract influential and wealthy benefactors and well-qualified members; but the Bruges Chronicles are far more than window-dressing. They introduce the reader to members at every level, from impressive community leaders to candidates who failed to live up to expectations and were tactfully nudged out before profession. We meet Prioresses who take on major challenges in fund-raising to pay for building projects, manage disagreements over spiritual direction and adjust to new relationships with secular authorities, the impact of the Enlightenment and finally war. There are some intense personal dramas that unfold alongside nuns who followed the monastic rule to the letter and served the community faithfully over many years. Above all, the the Chronicles reflect the wide-ranging interests of the members, and show clearly that this enclosed community was well-connected with an extensive support network. The Chronicles edited in this volume, taking the story to the eighteenth century and a decision as to whether or not to return to England,are presented with introduction and full notes. Dr Caroline Bowden is a Senior Research Fellow, Queen Mary, University of London.Trade ReviewProvides an invaluable, first-hand insight into the existence of an English Catholic convent in exile, for a period of some 160 or so years.... Bowden's study is meticulous, both in its editing and faithfulness to the original texts, but also with regard to the supplementary appendices. * JOURNAL OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY *This volume makes available to scholars and students a fascinating set of materials that will surely spark much new, valuable research and many contributions to the lively scholarly conversation on early modern English nuns in exile. * SEVENTEENTH-CENTURY NEWS *The Chronicles reveal much about individual lives and trajectories of these nuns . . . [and] give a vivid picture of communal life in the cloister. . . . Caroline Bowden has produced a rich edition. * EARLY MODERN WOMEN *Provides a richly-detailed narrative of cloistered life and a fascinating example of convent writing..It will be required reading for those working on early modern monasticism or women writers, and of great interest to scholars in history and religion more generally. * BRITISH CATHOLIC HISTORY *A splendid volume.hard to fault.[E]xcellent. * HISTORIANS OF WOMEN RELIGIOUS *Table of ContentsEditorial Preface Introduction Volume 1: 1629-1729 Volume 2: 1729-1794 Glossary Appendix 1: Other Convents mentioned in the Chronicle Appendix 2: A Note on Money Appendix 3: Calendar of Feasts and Saints' Days at Nazareth Select Bibliography
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Catholic Record Society Essay on the Life and Manners of Robert
Book SynopsisPhilip Perry's Essay on the Life and Manners of the Venerable Robert Grosseteste presents us not only with a high standard of biographical scholarship but also a fine example of English eighteenth-century polemical writing. Grosseteste was a formidable thirteenth-century bishop of Lincoln who, because of his insistence upon the primacy of Scripture and his apparent wrangling with the papacy, had long been claimed as a type of proto-Protestant in the English post-Reformation historical tradition. Perry sets out in his Essay a vivid account of Grosseteste's life and achievements to advance his cause as a worthy saint and to recover his reputation as a loyal son of the Roman Church. His frank discussion of the abuses that Grosseteste opposed and the controversies in which he engaged put his text beyond the limits of what a Catholic priest could advisably print in eighteenth-century England. The manuscript remained unpublished for fear of causing scandal, and now sees its first printed edition.
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St Michael's Abbey Press A Sacrifice of Praise
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St Michael's Abbey Press On the Religious Life
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Holy Family Hermitage Alone With God
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Holy Family Hermitage Camaldolese Extraordinary
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St. Shenouda Monastery Stories from the Egyptian Desert
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LEGARE STREET PR The Waters Of Siloe
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Taylor & Francis The Monastic Footprint in PostReformation Movements
This book examines the influence of the monastic tradition beyond the Reformation. Where the built monastic environment had been dissolved, desire for the spiritual benefits of monastic living still echoed within theological and spiritual writing of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries as a virtual exegetical template. The volume considers how the writings of monastic authors were appropriated in post-Reformation movements by those seeking a more fervent spiritual life, and how the concept of an internal cloister of monastic/ascetic spirituality influenced several Anglican writers during the Restoration. There is a careful examination of the monastic influence upon the Wesleys and the foundation and rise of Methodism. Drawing on a range of primary sources, the book will be of particular interest to scholars of monastic and Methodist history, and to those engaged in researching ecclesiology and in ecumenical dialogues.
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Taylor & Francis Ltd Greek Monasticism in Southern Italy
Book SynopsisThis volume was conceived with the double aim of providing a background and a further context for the new Dumbarton Oaks English translation of the Life of St Neilos from Rossano, founder of the monastery of Grottaferrata near Rome in 1004. Reflecting this double aim, the volume is divided into two parts. Part I, entitled Italo-Greek Monasticism, builds the background to the Life of Neilos by taking several multi-disciplinary approaches to the geographical area, history and literature of the region denoted as Southern Italy. Part II, entitled The Life of St Neilos, offers close analyses of the text of Neilos's hagiography from socio-historical, textual, and contextual perspectives. Together, the two parts provide a solid introduction and offer in-depth studies with original outcomes and wide-ranging bibliographies. Using monasticism as a connecting thread between the various zones and St Neilos as the figure who walked over mountains aTable of ContentsIntroduction Barbara Crostini Part I: Italo-Greek Monasticism 1. Monastic Spirituality of the Italo-Greek Monks David Hester 2. Italo-Greek Monastic Typika Cristina Torre 3. Greek Monasticism in Campania and Latium from the Tenth to the Fifteenth Century Vera von Falkenhausen 4. Art and Architecture for Byzantine Monks in Calabria: Sources, Monuments, Paintings and Objects (Ninth to Thirteenth Centuries) Lorenzo Riccardi 5. Family Hagiography and Christian Resistance in the Tenth Century: The Bioi of Sabas, Christopher and Makarios Adele Cilento 6. Historical Echoes in Italo-Greek Hagiographies of the Norman Age Gioacchino Strano 7. Monastic Interactions Between Calabria and Mount Athos in the Middle Ages Enrico Morini 8. Nicholas-Nektarios of Otranto: A Greek Monk Under Roman Obedience Claudio Schiano Part II: The Life of St. Neilos 9. Neighbors: Jews and Judaism in the Life of St. Neilos the Younger Giancarlo Lacerenza 10. Calabria and the Muslims During Saint Neilos’s Lifetime Alessandro Vanoli 11. "Ceramiclast" in the Bios of St Neilos Raymond Capra 12. The Homosexual Background Attributed to a Textual Gap in the Life of St Neilos from Rossano: A Re-Evaluation Andrea Luzzi 13. East Meets West, West Meets East?: Constructing Difference in First Life of St Adalbert and in the Life of St Neilos David Kalhous 14. Neilos the Younger and Benedict: The Greek Hymns Composed by Neilos in Campania Annick Peters-Custot 15. Neilos’s Long-Lasting Marks on Grottaferrata’s Identity Ines Angeli Murzaku 16. St. Bartholomew of Grottaferrata Between Tradition and Innovation Angela Prinzi
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HarperCollins Eat Fast Feast
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Cambridge University Press The Making of the Monastic Community of Fulda c.744c.900
Book SynopsisThe monastic community of Fulda was one of the most powerful institutions in early medieval Europe. Tracing its development from its foundation in the 740s over 150 years, this interdisciplinary study presents a vivid picture of life in this monastery and also in early medieval religious communities in general.Trade Review'Raaijmakers's meticulous study is of interest for graduate students and scholars interested in early medieval religion, the history of monasticism, or the complex relationships between religious institutions and the wider world.' Owen M. Phelan, Religious Studies ReviewTable of ContentsIntroduction; 1. The early years: Boniface; 2. After Boniface's death: from familia to institution; 3. Baugulf: the cultivation of learning, land and the church; 4. Ratger: church and conflict; 5. Eigil: new unity; 6. Hrabanus I: reform and record; 7. Hrabanus II: sins, saints and the stability of the realm; 8. Royal power and monastic prayer; Conclusion; Bibliography; Index.
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