The Big Books of Fall
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Monasticism


Monasticism Books

The Rule of Saint Benedict
The Seven Storey Mountain
The Cloister Walk
The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection (Cistercian Studies, #59)
John Climacus: The Ladder of Divine Ascent
The Love of Learning and the Desire for God: A Study of Monastic Culture
Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life
New Seeds of Contemplation
Seeking God: The Way of St. Benedict
The Practice of the Presence of God
The Benedict Option: A Strategy for Christians in a Post-Christian Nation
In This House of Brede
The Life of St. Anthony
Medieval Monasticism: Forms of Religious Life in Western Europe in the Middle Ages
Athanasius: The Life of Antony and the Letter to Marcellinus
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Siddhartha by Hermann HesseThe Ultimate Human Secrets - The Hidden Power in our Mysterio... by Ramzi NajjarThe You Beyond You by Ramzi NajjarThe Echoes of Enigma by Ramzi NajjarGilead by Marilynne Robinson
Books for the Contemplative Life
459 books — 218 voters
Seeking God by Esther de WaalThe Rule of Saint Benedict by Benedict of NursiaA Life-Giving Way by Esther de WaalRB 1980 by Benedict of NursiaThe Benedictine Handbook by Anthony Marett-Crosby
Benedictine Spirituality
25 books — 12 voters

My God and My All by Elizabeth GoudgeBrother Sun, Sister Moon by Katherine PatersonSt. Francis of Assisi by Omer EnglebertFrancis of Assisi by André VauchezSurrounded by Love by Murray Bodo
Saint Francis of Assisi
106 books — 7 voters
The Sayings of the Desert Fathers by Benedicta WardThe Forgotten Desert Mothers by Laura SwanPoems for a Peaceful Soul by James-Patrick GeocarisWalking the Bible by Bruce FeilerDesert Fathers and Mothers by Christine Valters Paintner
Desert Spirituality
50 books — 15 voters

Medieval Monasticism by C.H. LawrenceThe Forest Monks of Sri Lanka by Michael CarrithersGathering Leaves and Lifting Words by Justin Thomas McDanielPseudo-Macarius by George A. Maloney SJBuddhist Learning and Textual Practice in Eighteenth-Century ... by Anne M. Blackburn
Monasticism
18 books — 5 voters

Quotes Tagged “Monasticism”

Abhijit Naskar
“ Neither monasticism nor materialism will do. To move forward we must stand whole and true. ”
― Abhijit Naskar, Handcrafted Humanity: 100 Sonnets For A Blunderful World
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Elizabeth P. Fitzgerald
“ The purpose of judgment must be that the one you are judging should mend his ways, and you must be compassionate with every soul...and in all things preserve a clear conscience yourself. Then deep peace will reign in mind and soul. ”
― Elizabeth P. Fitzgerald, A Year in the Holy Spirit with Saint Silouan the Athonite: - A Calendar of Daily Quotes
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