The Evolution of the Monastic Ideal from the Earliest Times Down to the Coming of the Friars; A Second Chapter in the History of Christian Renunciation

by Herbert B. Workman

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404 pages, Paperback

First published July 9, 2006

About the author

Herbert Brook Workman

Reviews

[Michael Joosten · Rating 4 out of 5]

Workman's turn-of-the-century prose is lucid and personable in ways modern academic writing typically shirks from, but this book is still, at its heart, a scholarly tome. A believer, albeit a Methodist and not a monk, Workman has the advantage over a more dispassionate writer, though his work is thoroughly footnoted, betraying a breadth of familiarity with the original sources and the scholarship on them (even if it is a century old now) that is fully credentialed and laid at the reader's disposal.

[J. · Rating 5 out of 5]

This is an obscure, older book but is one of my favorite books of all time. This is a thorough look at the history of monastic movements that is an important read for anyone interested in the history of Christianity and Western civilization. Know the past and you will have more insight to navigate our cultural present.

[Pat Loughery]

The Evolution of the Monastic Ideal by Herbert Workman (1962)