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Thirty years ago John Hull wrote “What Prevents Christian Adults from Learning?”. This new book asks “What Prevents Christian Adults from Acting?” How has it come about that the Church appears to be……続きを見る

A comprehensive guide to living as an oblate - in the home, in society, at work and in the church. Written by experienced oblate directors from around the world, it is an essential, lifelong formati……続きを見る

What is genuine church growth? Is it, at heart, the numerical growth of regular congregations or are there other dimensions and, if so, what are they? How can we learn from other contexts in order t……続きを見る

The New Monastic Movement is a vibrant source of renewal for the church’s life and mission. Many involved in this movement have quoted Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s conviction that the church must recover a……続きを見る

Il fenomeno dell’ascetismo anacoretico e cenobitico appare come una delle conseguenze più rilevanti e più caratteristiche del riconoscimento giuridico del cristianesimo e della trasformazione religi……続きを見る

L'ouvrage 'Règles pour les officiers du monastère de l'Annonciade, fondé à Gênes l'année de notre Salut 1604' présente un ensemble de directives spirituelles et administratives destinées aux respons……続きを見る

Les "Constitutions pour les religieuses de l'ordre de l'annonciade céleste", rédigées au XVIIe siècle, constituent une oeuvre de grande importance dans le domaine des règles monastiques. À la fois p……続きを見る

"Avis pour les religieuses de l'ordre de l'Annonciade Céleste" est un texte spirituel rédigé pour servir de guide aux membres de cet ordre monastique fondé au XVIIe siècle. L'œuvre se caractérise pa……続きを見る

Whether chanted as devotional prayers, intoned against the dangers of the wilds, or invoked to heal the sick and bring ease to the dead, incantations were pervasive features of Buddhist practice in ……続きを見る

The roots of monasticism may go back as far as 1700 BCE, to ascetic practices in ancient India. Since that time, the monastic world has naturally developed its own extensive and distinct vocabulary.……続きを見る

Recovering Benedict encourages us to nourish our physical and spiritual lives using the Rule of Benedict and the twelve-step recovery principles of Alcoholics Anonymous. As the “father of Western mo……続きを見る

Gertrud the Great (1256–1302) entered the monastery of Helfta in eastern Germany as a child oblate. At the age of twenty-five she underwent a conversion that led to a series of visionary experiences……続きを見る

Aelred, abbot of the Yorkshire Cistercian abbey of Rievaulx from 1147 to 1167, wrote six spiritual treatises, seven historical treatises, and 182 liturgical sermons, many of which he delivered as ch……続きを見る

Faced with impending climate crisis and the significant and irreparable damage being done to the earth, Christians are looking for inspiration and potential sources of hope. In this book, Ray Simpso……続きを見る

2021 Catholic Media Association Award first place award in spirituality - contemporary Monastic spirituality has much to offer Christians who live far beyond monastery walls. In Saint Benedict's Wis……続きを見る

In 'Episkope,' Standing and Goodliff, together with experienced church leaders drawn from across the churches, establish the common foundations that inform our conversations about translocal ministr……続きを見る

The Nightingale, attributed to the early Franciscan mystic and philosopher St. Bonaventure, is an extended and complex poetical composition telling the story of the dying day of this mysterious song……続きを見る

This is the first book-length study of children in one of the birthplaces of early Christian monasticism, Egypt. Although comprised of men and women who had renounced sex and family, the monasteries……続きを見る

Like Bernard of Clairvaux, whose last act was to leave his cloister to mediate 'successfully 'between two nobles and prevent bloodshed, Thomas Merton found in the monastic life of prayer a source of……続きを見る

Among the numerous sets of conferences that Thomas Merton presented to young prospective monks during his decade (1955-1965) as novice master at the Cistercian Abbey of Gethsemani is a wide-ranging ……続きを見る

2021 Catholic Media Association Award third place award in anthology For at least eight centuries, the Norwegian island of Tautra in the Trondheim fjord has been known for its spiritual waves and sp……続きを見る

The Handbook takes as its subject the complex phenomenon of Christian monasticism. It addresses, for the first time in one volume, the multiple strands of Christian monastic practice. Forty-four ess……続きを見る

During his twenty years as abbot of the Yorkshire monastery of Rievaulx, Aelred preached many sermons: to his own monks, in other monasteries, and at significant gatherings outside the cloister. In ……続きを見る

La vita monastica ha un messaggio da offrire al mondo di oggi, così spesso disorientato e travagliato. Essa dimostra che vale la pena di dare la vita per il Signore nell’ascolto della sua Parola, ne……続きを見る

Monasticism was the dominant form of religious life both in the medieval West and in the Byzantine world. Latin and Greek Monasticism in the Crusader States explores the parallel histories of monast……続きを見る

2021 Catholic Media Association Award honorable mention award in spirituality - classical In Desert Daughters, Desert Sons, professor Rachel Wheeler argues that a new reading of the texts of the Chr……続きを見る

The legacies of the Coptic Christian presence in Alexandria and the Egyptian Deserts from the fourth century to the present day The great city of Alexandria is undoubtedly the cradle of Egyptian Chr……続きを見る

It is mysteriously and wonderfully difficult work to stay faithful to the life-long process of becoming who we are. It's not once and done, but an ongoing series of discernments. If we are fortunate……続きを見る

2021 Association of Catholic Publishers third place award in Scripture 2021 Catholic Media Association Award second place award in pilgrimages/Catholic travel Biblical scholar and seasoned pilgrimag……続きを見る

Argues that true sustainability must be based in spirituality and looks at religious communities dedicated to the environment. This groundbreaking book explores the inherent interconnectedness of su……続きを見る