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1	Introduction to Zen Buddhism more books like this by Daisetz Teitaro Suzuki add to wishlist This reissued introduction presents the nature, technique and practice of Zen. A Japanese Zen master, Dr Suzuki taught regularly in the USA and Europe. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.50! \| first editions \| SVS
2	A time to keep silence more books like this by Patrick Leigh Fermor add to wishlist Those who know the author as a man of action and a travel writer of distinction will find here a different kind of journey but with the same fine art of description and reflection, for it is a graphic account of his travels to the Benedictine abbey of St Wandrille, the abbey of Solesmes, the Cistercian monastery of La Grande Trappe, and the rock ... see all copies from $4.30! new only from $7.22! \| first editions \| SVS
3	Dissolution more books like this by C J Sansom add to wishlist In what's being called a brilliant debut, Sansom presents a riveting historical novel in which issues of politics and faith collide when a gruesome murder is committed in a remote Benedictine monastery during the reign of Henry VIII. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.50! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Saint Leibowitz and the Wild Horse Woman more books like this by Walter M. Miller add to wishlist Set between the second and third sections of "A Canticle for Leibowitz", a millennium has past since the apocalyptic end of the 20th century. The world is governed by the constantly struggling forces of church and state, and the scattered remains of the nuclear holocaust are revered as holy shrines. A monk named Blacktooth joins with Cardinal ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.99! \| first editions \| SVS
5	Sisters: Catholic Nuns and the Making of America more books like this by John J Fialka add to wishlist Wall Street Journal reporter John Fialka sets out to illuminate nuns as "America's first feminists," and through interviews and statistics, he seeks to reveal why women have begun to disappear from Catholic life. see all copies from $4.02! new only from $14.50! \| first editions \| SVS
6	Unveiled: The Hidden Lives of Nuns more books like this by Cheryl L Reed add to wishlist What do nuns really think about life, death, love, sex, faith, friendship, guilt, regret, loss, motherhood, feminism, and the modern world and all its conveniences and luxuries? A candid, fascinating, and revealing look at life in (and out of) the convent--by an award-winning investigative journalist. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.75! \| signed copies \| first editions
7	Medieval Monasticism: Forms of Religious Life in Western Europe in the Middle Ages more books like this by C H Lawrence add to wishlist For a thousand years the monasteries and religious orders played a major role in the society, economy and culture of the west. This book traces the Western monastic tradition in its social context, from its fourth-century origins in the deserts of Egypt and Syria through to the many and various forms of religious life it assumed during the Middle ... see all copies from $2.32! new only from $39.93! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Gifts of the Desert: The Forgotten Path of Christian Spirituality more books like this by Kyriacos C Markides add to wishlist In his previous book, The Mountain of Silence, Markides introduced us to the essential spiritual nature of Eastern Orthodoxy in a series of lively conversations with Father Maximos the widely revered charismatic Orthodox bishop and former abbot of the isolated monastery on Mount Athos. In GIFTS OF THE DESERT, Markides continues his ... see all copies from $16.09! new only from $16.09!
9	The Rule of Benedict: Insights for the Ages more books like this by Joan Chittister add to wishlist Benedict of Nursia and his famous "Rule" remain the guiding principles for many religious communities today. see all copies from $2.95! new only from $10.00! \| SVS
10	Seeking God : the way of St. Benedict more books like this by Esther De Waal add to wishlist This is an introduction to life under the rule of St Benedict. It is divided into chapters on "St Benedict", "The Invitation", "Listening", "Stability", "Change", "Balance", "Material Things", "People", "Authority" and "Praying". see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.37! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Dissolution: 3 more books like this by C J Sansom add to wishlist In 1537, the conflict in England between Catholics and the newly established Church of England is at its height, as monasteries are closed and turned into secular institutions. When a Church official is murdered in one of them, a hunchbacked lawyer named Matthew Shardlake is hired by the king's men to investigate the crime. What he finds on his ... see all copies from $3.17! new only from $31.99! \| first editions
12 view cover	Power and the Holy in the Age of the Investiture Conflict: A Brief History with Documents more books like this by Maureen C Miller add to wishlist Historians tracing the emerging division between church and state in the West have long recognized the importance of the eleventh-century Gregorian reform movement and the investiture conflict -- events that reached a dramatic climax in Pope Gregory VII's excommunication of Emperor Henry IV. In her introduction to this ground-breaking volume, ... see all copies from $5.01! new only from $15.94! \| SVS
13 view cover	Double Crossed: Uncovering the Catholic Church's Betrayal of American Nuns more books like this by Kenneth A Briggs add to wishlist In this expos of the Catholic Church's betrayal of American nuns, journalist Briggs contends that the fast disappearance of nuns in the United States is a direct outcome of promises made to them by the Second Vatican Council that were quickly broken. see all copies from $54.99!
14 view cover	The Other Side of the Mountain: The End of the Journey more books like this by Thomas Merton, Patrick Hart (Editor) add to wishlist This seventh and final volume of his celebrated journals completes the story of a remarkable man and his lifelong search for spiritual fulfilment. With the election of a new Abbot at the Abbey of Gethsemani, Merton enters a period of unprecedented freedom, culminating in the opportunity to travel to California, Alaska, and finally the Far East -- ... see all copies from $7.99! new only from $9.70! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	The Habit: A History of the Clothing of Catholic Nuns more books like this by Elizabeth Kuhns add to wishlist This history of nuns and their habits emphasizes the symbolism of nuns' clothing, which has changed with the times over the years, reflecting attitudes toward women. The author also writes in depth about the changes nuns have experienced in recent years as they, increasingly, live outside the convent, become more active in public life, and dress ... see all copies from $5.48! new only from $7.96! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Buddhist Monastic Life: According to the Texts of the Theravada Tradition more books like this by Mohan Wijayaratna, Claude Grangier (Translator), Steven Collins (Translator) add to wishlist This book provides a brief yet detailed account of the ideal way of life prescribed for Buddhist monks and nuns in the Pali texts of the Theravada school of Buddhism. The author describes the way in which the Buddha's disciples institutionalized his teachings about such things as food, dress, money, chastity, solitude and discipleship. This ... see all copies from $10.90! new only from $37.45! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	Word in the Desert: Scripture and the Quest for Holiness in Early Christian Monasticism more books like this by Douglas Burton-Christie add to wishlist The growing scholarly attention in recent years to the religious world of late antiquity has focused new attention on the quest for holiness by the strange, compelling, often obscure early Christian monks known as the desert fathers. Yet until now, little attention has been given to one of the most vital dimensions of their spirituality: their ... see all copies from $25.56! new only from $44.56! \| SVS
18 view cover	Mount Athos: Renewal in Paradise more books like this by Graham Speake add to wishlist Mount Athos, a spectacularly beautiful rocky peninsula jutting out from the coast of northeastern Greece, has been a monastic preserve since the ninth century. Known as the Holy Mountain, it serves as the centre of monasticism for all the Eastern Orthodox churches and remains fundamentally unchanged despite the storms of political and religious ... see all copies from $9.99! new only from $24.99! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	The land of spices more books like this by Kate O'Brien add to wishlist Mere Marie-Helene once turned her back on life, sealing up her heart in order to devote herself to God. Now the formidable Mother Superior of an Irish convent, she has, for some time, been experiencing grave doubts about her vocation. But when she meets Anna Murphy, the youngest-ever boarder, the little girl's solemn, poetic nature captivates her ... see all copies from $2.41! new only from $8.21! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Ascetics and Ambassadors of Christ more books like this by John Binns add to wishlist The monasteries of the Jerusalem desert were famous throughout the Byzantine Christian world. Yet whilst much has been written about their counterparts in Egypt and Syria, this book is the first to provide a comprehensive study of the monastic movement in Palestine during the Byzantine period, from the accession of Constantine to the fall of ... see all copies from $31.49! new only from $33.15! \| SVS
21 view cover	Equal in Monastic Profession: Religious Women in Medieval France more books like this by Penelope D Johnson, Catharine R Stimpson (Editor) add to wishlist In this study of the manner in which medieval nuns lived, Penelope Johnson challenges facile stereotypes of nuns living passively under monastic rule, finding instead that collectively they were empowered by their communal privileges and status to think and act without many of the subordinate attitudes of secular women. In the words of one abbess ... see all copies from $6.70! new only from $32.00! \| first editions
22 view cover	Virgins of God: The Making of Asceticism in Late Antiquity more books like this by Susanna Elm add to wishlist Situated in a period that witnessed the genesis of institutions fundamental to this day, this study offers a comprehensive look at how ancient Christian women initiated ascetic ways of living, and how these practices were then institutionalized. Using the organization of female asceticism in Asia Minor and Egypt as a lever, the author demonstrates ... see all copies from $60.00! new only from $74.88! \| SVS
23 view cover	Crown and Veil: Female Monasticism from the Fifth to the Fifteenth Centuries more books like this by Jeffrey F Hamburger (Editor), Susan Marti (Editor), Dietlinde Hamburger (Translator) add to wishlist Crown and Veil offers a broad introduction to the history and visual culture of female monasticism in the Middle Ages, from the earliest communities of Late Antiquity to the Reformation. Scholars from numerous disciplines offer a wide range of perspectives not to be found in any other single book on the subject, placing the art, architecture, ... see all copies from $40.00! new only from $40.00!
24 view cover	Sisters in Arms: Catholic Nuns Through Two Millennia more books like this by Jo Ann McNamara add to wishlist Spanning 2000 years of Christian religious women's quest for spiritual and vocational fulfillment, "Sisters in Arms" is an history of Catholic nuns in the Western world. Unfolding century by century, this drama encompasses every period from the dawn of Christianity to the present. History has until recently minimized the role of nuns over the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.97! \| first editions \| SVS
25	Monastery: Prayer, Work, Community more books like this by M Basil Pennington, Father, O.C.S.O. add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $47.64! \| first editions \| SVS

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