The Emergence of Monasticism offers a new approach to the subject, placing its development against the dynamic of both social and religious change. First study
Monasticism, in all of its variations, was a feature of almost every landscape in the medieval West. So ubiquitous were religious women and men throughout the M
The Emergence of Monasticism offers a new approach to the subject, placing its development against the dynamic of both social and religious change. First study
Some evangelicals perceive monasticism as a relic from the past, a retreat from the world, or a shirking of the call to the Great Commission. At the same time,
This book surveys the full panorama of ten centuries of Christian monastic life. It moves from the deserts of Egypt and the Frankish monasteries of early mediev