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Very short introductions volume 546
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Monasticism is a social and religious phenomenon which originated in antiquity and which still remains relevant in the twenty-first century. But what, exactly, is it, and how is it distinguished from other kinds of religious and non-religious practice? In this Very Short Introduction Stephen J. Davis discusses the history of monasticism, from our earliest evidence for it, and the different types which have developed from antiquity to the present day....
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Publisher
New York Review Books
Language
English
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Patrick Leigh Fermor set off as a teenager to make his way across Europe, as recorded in his classic memoirs, A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water. Later he fought with local partisans against the Nazi occupiers of Crete. A Time to Keep Silence stands out among Leigh Fermor s various tales of travel and adventure because it is more an inward than an outward voyage. Here Leigh Fermor chronicles his several sojourns in some of Europe...
Author
Series
Noonday volume N511
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux
Pub. Date
([1980])
Language
English
Author
Series
Journals of Thomas Merton volume 3
Publisher
HarperSanFrancisco
Pub. Date
1996.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Chronicle Prism
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"Monk's Medicine is a quest for ancient and proven wisdom and practices - a pilgrimage to ten monasteries around the world, from the roots of monasticism at a Coptic monastery in the eastern desert of Egypt to Assisi, Greece, Bhutan Montserrat and more. We follow Sarah Sands on her personal journey as she identifies common characteristics from centuries of monastic life and how they can take us beyond the self-absorption of many contemporary self-help...
Author
Publisher
Cluny Media LLC
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Pax is the motto of Brede Abbey. Yet its peace is the peace of God--"not," as Godden brings to her readers' notice, "the world's peace." The walls of Brede witness life of unceasing work and prayer, little creature comfort, persistent disappointment and misunderstanding--yet a life of peace all the same, unswervingly joyful and loving. Into this life enters Philippa Talbot, ambitious, independent, successful, forsaking her beautifully arranged career...
Author
Publisher
Paraclete Press
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
What is a monastery? A monastery is a place set apart--a place to learn the blessings of powerlessness, and that time is not ours but God's. Our home and our duties can, just like a monastery, teach us those things. The vocation of monastic men and women is to physically withdraw from the world. But the principle is equally valid for those of us who cannot go off to monasteries. Certain vocations offer the same kind of opportunity for contemplation,...
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Publisher
Duomo Ediciones
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
Español
Description
"En la mesa de monje Budista, la comida se sirve para nutrir el alma. Alimentación y espiritualidad: un manual práctico e inspirador para comer bien."--
"The importance of food and its ritual are fundamental in all cultures, but in Zen philosophy they reach a unique relevance and poetry. There are rules about how to prepare and serve food, take food, arrange utensils on the table, wash them, and put them away after use. The correct application...
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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"An intimate voyage into Japanese culture and spirituality, culminating in one of Japan's most sacred places. Marie Mutsuki Mockett's family owns a Buddhist temple 25 miles from the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant. In March 2011, after the earthquake and tsunami, radiation levels prohibited the burial of her Japanese grandfather's bones. At the same time, Mockett grieved for her American father, who had died unexpectedly. As Japan mourned thousands...
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