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Bijzonder verhaal van een seriemoordenaar die een radicale verandering ondergaat. Voorstanders van de doodstraf beroepen zich op de zaak Fountain. Clayton Fountain is een dolgedraaide soldaat, die n……続きを見る

ÀUn voyage spirituel et littéraire au cœur de la vie monastique Dans cet ouvrage maintes fois réédité, Patrick Leigh Fermor se penche sur le monachisme chrétien, d’abord chez les bénédictins de l’ab……続きを見る

Buddhism and Christianity, two religions with distinct worldviews, are sometimes thought to be irreconcilable. Notto R. Thelle holds a different view. His life and work have been divided between the……続きを見る

Dom André Louf (+2010) was abbot of the Trappist-Cistercian monastery of Mont-des-Cats in northern France from 1963 to 1997. This book brings together talks given to a variety of audiences in which ……続きを見る

At nineteen Bieke Vandekerckhove fell ill. The diagnosis was devastating: the fatal motor neuron disease ALS. Life expectancy: two to five years. So what did she do with the paltry bit of life that ……続きを見る

Born in Galatia in the 360s, Palladius enrolled as a monk on the Mount of Olives in his early twenties. As a monk, he traveled to Alexandria, the desert of Nitria, the Cells, Palestine, Rome, and th……続きを見る

Sant’Anselmo in Rome was founded in 1888 by Pope Leo XIII for the training of Benedictines from all over the world in philosophy and theology. To this day, Sant’Anselmo is characterized by the inter……続きを見る

A classic, prize-winning novel about an epic migration and a lone woman haunted by the past in frontier Waipu.In the 1850s, a group of settlers established a community at Waipu in the northern part ……続きを見る

Sequel to My Only Friend is Darkness, this new offering of Barbara Dent's writings brings together articles already published elsewhere and forty-one previously unpublished poems.     &nbs……続きを見る

William of Saint-Thierry (ca. 1080–1148) became abbot of the Benedictine abbey of Saint-Thierry in about 1119, holding that office for about sixteen years and writing a large number of works, some f……続きを見る

For three decades, Monastic Practices has been a valued resource for English-speaking aspirants to monastic life. In this revised edition, updated and expanded, Charles Cummings, OCSO, explores the ……続きを見る

Inspirende gesprekken met de priorin van de protestantse communiteit Grandchamp, de vrouwelijke pendant van Taizé in Zwitserland, over haar geestelijke levensweg. Zuster Minke van Grandchamp bevat g……続きを見る

De van oorsprong Nederlandse Zuster Minke de Vries was gedurende 30 jaar priorin van de oecumenische protestantse gemeenschap van Grandchamp (Zwitserland). In Mijn leven in Grandchamp vertelt zij op……続きを見る

"Ich möchte unsere Seele als eine Burg betrachten, die aus einem einzigen Diamanten oder einem sehr klaren Kristall besteht und in der es viele Gemächer gibt": Mit diesen Worten beginnt Teresa von A……続きを見る

This book tells the epic thousand-year story of Britain's Jewish community, the country's oldest minority group, replete with the dark episodes of persecution and expulsion, but also with positive p……続きを見る

Four Four Jew is a major exhibition by Jewish Museum London exploring the story of football and Jews in Britain from the turn of the century to the present day. It brings together previously unseen ……続きを見る

Though there have never been many Quakers, these small numbers belie the sect's tremendous impact, both historical and contemporary. Quakerism has produced an astonishing and disproportionate number……続きを見る

Die Akten dieses Inquisitionsprozesses sollten für alle Ewigkeit in den Archiven des Vatikans verschwinden. Um ganz sicher zu gehen, legte man sie an der falschen Stelle ab, ohne zu ahnen, dass sie ……続きを見る

Antonius der Große, der als Einsiedler in der Wüste teuflischen Versuchungen widersteht und zum Leitbild des Mönchtums wird, ist eine Schlüsselfigur des frühen Christentums. Peter Gemeinhardt erzähl……続きを見る

Klöster sind bis heute Orte der Ruhe und Besinnung. Immer mehr Menschen – und nicht nur Christen – nutzen das Angebot, einige Tage im Kloster zu verbringen, um Abstand von der „Welt“ zu gewinnen. Wa……続きを見る

From the bestselling author of Seasons of Your Heart and A Tree Full of Angels, a lyric, loving, and inspiring approach to communion with God based on Benetictine spirituality. 続きを見る

In this, companion volume to his worldwide bestseller, Care of the Soul, Thomas Moore offers a way of living in this new and confusing century. Drawing on faiths front all over tile world, as well a……続きを見る

Now in paperback, revised and redesigned: This is Thomas Merton's last book, in which he draws on both Eastern and Western traditions to explore the hot topic of contemplation/meditation in depth an……続きを見る

The stories and special intercessory powers of 14 early Saint-Martyrs invoked for numerous special needs, such that they came to be called "The 14 Holy Helpers." St. Barbara, St. Blaise, St. Christo……続きを見る

Blood is something that all humans share: a vital force that courses through our veins – the giver of life. This book gathers together specially commissioned essays from leading scholars which refle……続きを見る

The Greek Historia Monachorum in Aegypto was one of the most widely read and disseminated Greek hagiographic texts during Late Antiquity and the Middle Ages. To this day it remains, alongside Athana……続きを見る

This book surveys the full panorama of ten centuries of Christian monastic life. It moves from the deserts of Egypt and the Frankish monasteries of early medieval Europe to the religious ruptures of……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, most of which he delivered as ch……続きを見る

In late 20th-century India, Christian-Hindu dialogue was forever transformed following the opening of Shantivanam, the first Christian ashram in the country. Mario I. Aguilar brings together the his……続きを見る

Discover the rich spirituality of monastic life on Mount Athos a place like no other on earth. Twenty-five years ago, M. Basil Pennington, OCSO, was the first Western monk to live on Mount Athos for……続きを見る