Communities & monasticism

Celtic Daily Prayer: Book One: The Journey Begins (Northumbria Community): Book 1 [9780008123024]

A revised edition of this classic compendium of readings and prayers for every day of the year, with Celtic themes and inspiration. The first in a tw…

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Celtic Daily Prayer: Book Two: Farther Up and Farther in (Northumbria Community): Book 2 [9780008100193]

A brand new two-year collection of daily readings and prayers, with Celtic themes and inspiration. Building on the foundations set down in the first …

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The Way of St Benedict [9781472973078]

With typical eloquence and wisdom, in The Way of St Benedict Rowan Williams explores the appeal of St Benedict's sixth-century Rule, showing it to be …

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The Wisdom of St Benedict: Monastic Spirituality and the Life of the Church [9781786223098]

Luigi Gioia is one of the most insightful commentators on monastic and priestly life today. In The Wisdom of St Benedict he shines the light of monast…

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The Joy of God: Collected Writings [9781472971326]

Sister Mary David Totah was a nun of the Benedictine contemplative community of St Cecilia's Abbey on the Isle of Wight. American by birth, she was ed…

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What Do You Seek?: Wisdom from religious life for today's world [9781786223456]

John-Francis Friendship spent twenty-five years as an Anglican Franciscan friar. Drawing on the whole breadth of monastic history and experience, he l…

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Accidental Friends: Stories from my life in community [9780232533873]

As L'Arche Daybreak and L'Arche Canada approach their 50th anniversary, this beautifully-written memoir tells the inside story of daily life with peop…

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Melodies of a New Monasticism: Bonhoeffer's Vision, Iona's Witness [9780334057208]

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 Bonhoe…

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A Universal Heart: The Life and Vision of Brother Roger of Taize [9780281073573]

This updated edition ÔÇô with a new colour-plate section ÔÇô is published to celebrate the centenary of Brother RogerÔÇÖs birth on 12 May 1915.In Augu…

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Cave Refectory Road: Monastic Rhythms for Contemporary Living [9781848250284]

One way in which Fresh Expressions of church are springing into life is through 'new monastic' or 'intentional' communities, groups of individuals an…

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Finding Sanctuary: Monastic Steps for Everyday Life

Abbot Christopher Jamison, from BBC2's THE MONASTERY and new show THE SILENCE, suggests ways in which the teachings of St Benedict can be helpful in e…

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Simple Life, A: Roland Walls & the Community of the Transfiguration [9780861537136]

For 50 years, a unique and courageous group of people have quietly opted for a life of poverty and the discipline of prayer. Always with the time and …

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The Rule of St Benedict: An Inclusive Translation [9781786223906]

The Rule of St Benedict, which dates from the sixth century, is the foundation of monasticism, one of the oldest continuing institutions in all of Wes…

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Communities of the Last Days: The Dead Sea Scrolls and the New Testament [9780851114675]

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Ecclesiology for a Digital Church: Theological Reflections on a New Normal [9780334061595]

What are the ecclesiological challenges and opportunities raised by technology? How have developments related to the COVID-19 global health crisis imp…

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Franciscan Spirituality: Following St Francis Today [9780281060320]

What is special about the spirituality of St Francis? Can it be possible for ordinary men and women today, with families, jobs and other responsibilit…

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The Cowley Fathers: A History of the English Congregation of the Society of St John the Evangelist [9781786221834]

The Society of St John the Evangelist, otherwise known as the Cowley Fathers, was the first men's religious order to be founded in the Church of Engla…

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Thomas Merton: The Chronicle of a Monastic Romance [9780232529241]

While recuperating from an operation on his spine in a hospital in Louisville, Kentucky, Thomas Merton befriended a female nurse charged with his care…

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Under One Roof: The Story of a Christian Community [9780232531732]

In 1984 Roger Sawtell and his wife Susan and another couple decided to form a residential Christian community - a community of households living und…

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