Religious communities and monasticism Books
EOS - Editions Sankt Ottilien Monasticism Between Culture and Cultures: Acts of
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£58.00
EOS - Editions Sankt Ottilien Mission and Monasticism: Acts of the
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£46.00
EOS - Editions Sankt Ottilien Monasticism and Economy: Rediscovering an
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£81.00
OM Book Service Blessed Teresa of Kolkata
Book SynopsisMother Teresa, a Roman Catholic nun, won the Nobel Prize in 1979 for her work caring for the poor, sick, and dying. A pictorial history book celebrates her life and achievements, featuring unpublished photos and highlighting her global impact through nearly 740 homes dedicated to her causes.
£29.99
University Press of Southern Denmark Long lives of short sagas: The Irrepressibility
Book SynopsisOver the last few decades, a number of works have appeared which have increased our knowledge and appreciation of the pre-modern Icelandic genre of fornaldarsögur (often translated into English as legendary sagas, heroic sagas or the sagas of ancient times). This new work builds upon the preceding research but takes as a case study a short, late version of the genre. By looking at a peripheral narrative - one which many would exclude and ignore when considering the genre - new perspectives on many of the questions, which researchers put to this genre, can be provided. Illuga saga Gríðarfóstra turns out to be a story, which has served many functions for multiple audiences. By tracing the complete history of this work, from its origins, through multiple manuscript witnesses, its use in Scandinavian intellectual history in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, and through to the many poetic reworkings produced in Iceland up to the twentieth century, a comprehensive picture is produced which allows us to see how a short story can have a much fuller life than is immediately apparent if we look at it merely as a brief saga alongside its more extensive and polished generic siblings.
£31.45
Museum Tusculanum Press Conflict & Continuity at �m Abbey
Book SynopsisThe book presents a Cistersian Experience in Medieval Denmark.
£7.16
Gregorian & Biblical Press Depth Psychology and Vocation: A Psyco-Social
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£27.55
Peeters Publishers The Mystical Space of Carmel: A Commentary on the
Book SynopsisMount Carmel, viewed as a holy place by Jews, Christians and Muslims, is where the prophet Elijah is venerated. For many centuries hermits have followed his example and monks regard him as their Father. During the crusades, around 1200 A.D., a small group of hermits settled around the spring of Elijah to lead a contemplative life there in silence and solitude. To the first Carmelites this geographic location was a mystical space in which to live in the presence of God alone. Albert, patriarch of Jerusalem, gave them a life rule (1206-1214) which, at the time of their expulsion by the Saracens in 1247, was adapted to new circumstances by pope Innocent IV. In consequence, the mystical space of Carmel with its contemplative life is experienced wherever they are given a place and God calls them. The commentary presents the Carmel as a spiritual model which is ideally suited as accompaniment on the spiritual journey of all who know themselves called to a life in God's presence in the desert of their life.
£27.86
Peeters Publishers Monastic Tradition in Eastern Christianity and
Book SynopsisThis volume's focus is threefold, thus corresponding to its tri-partite topical division: to analyze Eastern monasticism's unique place in the life transforming journey to theosis; Eastern monasticism's hospitality and mutual encounters with culture; and Eastern and Western monasticism's hospitality to Christian and non-Christian religions, including Buddhism, Hinduism and Islam (even though Islam does not have any monastic institution, its adherents have been historically in dialogue with Christian monastics and have the potential to achieve a spiritual affinity with monks of other religious traditions). The three parts of the volume share one unifying argument: monasticism's special call to spiritually symbiotic relationship or impact on the very socio-politic-historic structures of reality. The topics are explored from historical, theological, and literary standpoints. The volume's overall intention is to help make monastic ecumenical engagement or its potential for inter-faith dialogue better known, appreciated, and relevant within inter-religious dialogue.
£77.90
Peeters Publishers In Search of Living Water: Essays on the Mystical
Book SynopsisThe personality of Titus Brandsma is multifaceted: Carmelite, journalist, professor of philosophy and the history of mysticism, Rector magnificus of the University of Nijmegen, ecclesiastical advisor for the press, man of prayer with an intense spiritual life, ecumenical man, heroic witness of faith and humanity in the fires of the concentration camps and in the Lager (camp) of Dachau. Europe in the 1930's was a hotbed of ideologies, radicalism, intense nationalism, fervent cultural and political activity, international tensions, etc. In this context the spiritual and intellectual activity of Father Titus stands out. That is why, in order to understand better the thinking of Titus Brandsma, this volume is very necessary, for, in making contact with his writings on spirituality we also find his thought, his biography, his attitudes, as well as a spiritual and human profile of the author. The reader will become conscious of his/her relation with God.
£43.70
Peeters Publishers Cel en wereld: Kartuizers en boeken in Roermond
Book SynopsisVan de kartuizers zegt men dat zij een speciale en heilige relatie met boek en bibliotheek hebben. Volgens de master narrative onderscheiden de monniken van Bruno zich in de omvang van hun collecties, de zorg voor het boek en de spirituele representatie van beide. Dat iconische verhaal evoceert enkel de handschriftentijd. De ontdekking van de zeldzaam gedetailleerde en meticuleuze bibliotheekcatalogus (1742) van de Roermondse kartuis Bethlehem, maakt het mogelijk de mythe van kartuizer en boek te toetsen. Deze studie, in november 2012 in Nijmegen als proefschrift verdedigd, onderzoekt hoe met de handschriften werd omgesprongen, hoe de ontwikkeling van de bibliotheek ná de vijftiende eeuw verliep, en hoe die ontwikkeling beïnvloed werd door de boekenmarkt. De analyse van het achttiende-eeuwse bibliotheekbeheer toont vervolgens hoe de kartuizers met hun boeken omgingen in een periode die tot nu toe zowel door de wetenschappelijke literatuur als door de bevlogen verhalen veronachtzaamd werd.
£76.00
Peeters Publishers The Carthusians in the Low Countries: Studies in
Book SynopsisMost of the essays gathered in this volume evolved from papers that were delivered at a conference in the former charterhouse Our Lady of Bethlehem in Roermond (1376). This conference was held on the occasion of The Secret of Silence. The Hidden World of the Carthusians of Roermond (27 March – 21 June 2009), an international exhibition that explored the history and spirituality of the Carthusians, highlighting the Order’s outstanding artworks now kept in public and private collections. The current volume explores the history of the Carthusians and their cultural and spiritual heritage in the Low Countries. It presents Carthusian monasticism as a multidimensional phenomenon requiring a multidisciplinary approach that explains the broader historical dimension of the Carthusian Order in relation to its local manifestations, cultural forms, and the centrality of its spirituality.
£64.00
Manohar Publishers and Distributors The Evolution and Growth of Radha Soami Satsagn
Book Synopsisdetailed study;well planned self governed;self governed township;extensive fieldwork;historical background;international growth;administrative structure;religious philosophy;
£56.52
Alpha Edition History of the Little sisters of the poor
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£22.59
Amsterdam University Press Disabled Clerics in the Late Middle Ages:
Book SynopsisThe petitions received and the letters sent by the Papal Chancery during the Late Middle Ages attest to the recognition of disability at the highest levels of the medieval Church. These documents acknowledge the existence of physical and/or mental impairments, with the papacy issuing dispensations allowing some supplicants to adapt their clerical missions according to their abilities. A disease, impairment, or old age could prevent both secular and regular clerics from fulfilling the duties of their divine office. Such conditions can, thus, be understood as forms of disability. In these cases, the Papal Chancery bore the responsibility for determining if disabled people were suitable to serve as clerics, with all the rights and duties of divine services. Whilst some petitioners were allowed to enter the clergy, or – in the case of currently serving churchmen – to stay more or less active in their work, others were compelled to resign their position and leave the clergy entirely. Petitions and papal letters lie at intersection of authorized, institutional policy and practical sources chronicling the lived experiences of disabled people in the Middle Ages. As such, they constitute an excellent analytical laboratory in which to study medieval disability in its relation to the papacy as an institution, alongside the impact of official ecclesiastical judgments on disabled lives.Table of ContentsPreface Introduction: A Formal Dialogue Chapter 1: Legal Origins of the Prohibition on Clerical Disability Chapter 2: Aetiologies of Impairment: Congenital, Geriatric, and Acquired Conditions Chapter 3: Joining the Clergy Chapter 4: Staying in the Clergy Chapter 5: Leaving the Clergy Conclusion List of works cited for each chapter
£116.85
Amsterdam University Press Women Religious and Epistolary Exchange in the
Book SynopsisThe sixteenth century was a period of crisis in the Catholic Church. Monastic reorganization was a major issue, and women were at the forefront of charting new directions in convent policy. The story of the Carmelite Reform has been told before, but never from the perspective of the women on the front lines. Nearly all accounts of the movement focus on Teresa de Avila, (1515-1582), and end with her death in 1582. Women Religious and Epistolary Exchange in the Carmelite Reform: The Disciples of Teresa de Avila carries the story beyond Teresa’s death, showing how the next generation of Carmelite nuns struggled into the seventeenth century to continue her mission. It is unique in that it draws primarily from female-authored sources, in particular, the letters of three of Teresa’s most dynamic disciples: María de San José, Ana de Jesús and Ana de San Bartolomé.Trade ReviewWinner of the GEMELA 2022 Award, Book Category! "Muchos elementos hacen de esta obra un trabajo de gran interés. El primero de ellos es que nos permite asomarnos a la historia de la Orden fundada por Teresa de Jesús, y a la misma historia de la Iglesia —en una época tan condicionante como es la contrarreformista— desde una perspectiva femenina, dejando hablar a las protagonistas. Más aún, acercándonos a la voz de su intimidad, recogiendo palabras privadas, como son las de la mayoría de las cartas."- María José Pérez GonzálezTable of ContentsIntroduction Part I: María de San José Chapter 1. The (Almost) Silenced Epistolary Pen of María de San José Chapter 2. Drama in Seville Chapter 3. On to Portugal Chapter 4. Battles Chapter 5. Trials Part II: Ana de Jesús Chapter 6. Paris and Beyond Chapter 7. In the Low Countries Part III: Ana de San Bartolomé Chapter 8. The Other Ana Chapter 9. Ana and the French Chapter 10. The Antwerp Foundation Chapter 11. Friends and Enemies. Chapter 12. The Ones Who Stayed Behind: The Letters of Catalina de Cristo to Ana de San Bartolomé Conclusion Index
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Amsterdam University Press Religion and Forced Displacement in Eastern
Book SynopsisThis book examines the social and political mobilisation of religious communities towards forced displacement in relation to tolerance and transitory environments. How do religious actors and state bodies engage with refugees and migrants? What are the mechanisms of religious support towards forcibly displaced communities? Religion and Forced Displacement in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Central Asia argues that when states do not act as providers of human security, religious communities, as representatives of civil society and often closer to the grass roots level, can be well placed to serve populations in need. The book brings together scholars from across the region and provides a comprehensive overview of the ways in which religious communities tackle humanitarian crises in contemporary Armenia, Bulgaria, Greece, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Moldova, Poland, Russia, Serbia, Ukraine and Uzbekistan.Table of ContentsList of Tables Abbreviations Acknowledgments 1 Religion and Forced Displacement in Eastern Europe, the Caucasus and Central Asia: An Introduction (Victoria Hudson and Lucian N. Leustean) 2 Humanitarian Action, Forced Displacement and Religion: Contemporary Research Perspectives (Ansgar Jodicke) Section I Eastern Europe 3 Religion and Forced Displacement in Modern Bulgaria (Daniela Kalkandjieva) 4 State, Religion and Refugees in Serbia: Responses of Faith-Based Organisations, 1991-1996 (Aleksandra Djuric Milovanovic and Marko Vekovic) 5 Asylum and Migration System Reform: A New Role for the Orthodox Church of Greece? (Georgios E. Trantas and Eleni D. Tseligka) 6 Responding to Mass Emigration amidst Competing Narratives of Identity: The Case of the Republic of Moldova (Andrei Avram) 7 The Roman Catholic Church and Forced Displacement in Poland (Maria Marczewska-Rytko) Section II Russia and Ukraine 8 ‘My Strength Is Made Perfect in Weakness’: Russian Orthodoxy and Forced Displacement (Roman Lunkin) 9 Forced Displacement, Religious Freedom and the Russia-Ukraine Conflict (Dmytro Vovk) Section III The Caucasus 10 ‘Forgotten by Many and Remembered by Few’: Religious Responses to Forced Migration in Georgia (Tornike Metreveli) 11 Welcoming Refugees?: The Armenian Apostolic Church and Forced Displacement (Jasmine Dum-Tragut) Section IV Central Asia 12 The Response of the Metropolitan District of the Russian Orthodox Church in Kazakhstan to the Emigration of Ethnic Russians from Independent Kazakhstan (Victoria Hudson) 13 .ommunity Intolerance, State Repression and Forced Displacement in the Kyrgyz Republic (Indira Aslanova) 14 Migration within and from Uzbekistan: The Role of Religion (Rano Turaeva) Index
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Amsterdam University Press Franciscan Books and their Readers: Friars and
Book SynopsisFranciscan Books and their Readers explores the manuscripts written, read and studied by Franciscan friars from the thirteenth to the fifteenth centuries in northern Italy, and specifically Padua, assessing four key aspects: ideal, space, form and readership. The ideal is studied through the regulations that determined what manuscripts should aim for. Space refers to the development and role of Franciscan libraries. The form is revealed by the assessment of the physical configuration of a set of representative manuscripts read, written and manufactured by the friars. Finally, the study of the readership shows how Franciscans were skilled readers who employed certain forms of the manuscript as a portable, personal library and as a tool for learning and pastoral care. By comparing the book collections of Padua’s reformed and unreformed medieval Franciscan libraries for the first time, this study reveals new features of the ground-breaking cultural agency of medieval friars.Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Illustrations Abbreviations Notes on Transcriptions Introduction 1. The Ideal: Regulations and Franciscan Manuscripts in Padua 2. The Space: Libraries and Franciscan Manuscripts in Padua 3. The Form: The Manuscripts 4. The Readership: Reading Franciscan Manuscripts in Padua Conclusions Appendix 1 Appendix 2 Appendix 3 Bibliography Index
£101.65
Sidestone Press Loss in Translation: The Heritagization of
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The American University in Cairo Press Christianity and Monasticism in Wadi al-Natrun
Book SynopsisWadi al-Natrun, a depression in the Western Desert of Egypt, is one of the most important centers for the development and continued thriving of the Coptic monastic tradition. Christianity and monasticism have prospered there from as early as the fourth century until the present day, when four major monasteries still flourish. Here, international specialists in Coptology, examine various aspects of Coptic civilization in Wadi al-Natrun over the past seventeen hundred years. The studies center on aspects of the history and development of monasticism inWadi al-Natrun, as well as the art, architecture, and archaeology of the four existing and numerous former monasteries of the region.Contributors: Elizabeth S. Bolman, Karl-Heinz Brune, Peter Grossmann, Johannes den Heijer, Suzana Hodak, Lucy-Anne Hunt, Mat Immerzeel, Martin Krause, Ewa Parandowska, S.G. Richter, Rushdi Said, Zuzana Skalova, Hany H. Takla, Tim Vivian, Jacques van der Vliet, Youhanna NessimYoussef, Ugo Zanetti.
£35.99
American University in Cairo Press Christianity and Monasticism in Upper Egypt
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Independently Published Daily Quotes from Words of the Heart by
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Independently Published A Monastic's Lament For His Brother Who Has
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