Monasticism in The Books Store

Search Results:
Displaying records 141 through 150 of 862
First Previous	5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25	Next Last

To the Greater Glory: A Psychological Study of Ignatian Spirituality (Marquette Studies in Theology, No 16)

Price: ~~$50.00~~

Sale: $50.00

Manufacturer: Marquette University Press

Number of Items: 1

Binding: Paperback

Author: W. W. Meissner

Publisher: Marquette University Press

Dewey Decimal Number: 248.019

Publication Date: 1999-07

Reading Level: 657

Saints of Northumbria (Celtic Saints)

Price: ~~$12.95~~

Sale: $8.42

Manufacturer: Floris Books

Number of Items: 1

Binding: Paperback

Publisher: Floris Books

Dewey Decimal Number: 274.28020922

Publication Date: 1997-10

Reading Level: 126

Veil of Fear: Nineteenth-Century Convent Tales

Price: ~~$26.95~~

Sale: $26.95

Manufacturer: Purdue University Press

Number of Items: 1

Binding: Paperback

Author: Rebecca Reed::Maria Monk::Nancy Lusignan Schultz

Publisher: Purdue University Press

Dewey Decimal Number: 271.9002273

Publication Date: 1999-09-01

Reading Level: 137

Description: Rebecca Reed and Maria Monk may not be well-known authors today, but these former nuns were publishing sensations in ninteenth-century America. Their lurid tales of life in two North American convents, one in Charlestown, Massachusetts and the other in Montreal, Canada, sold more than a half million copies. Reed escaped from an Ursiline convent in Charlestown in 1832. Her dramatic renditions of Roman Catholic ritual practice helped spark a night of violence that resulted in the convent being burned to the ground by an angry mob. Reeds published narrative, Six Months in a Convent, appeared just as the trials of the rioters were ending in 1835, and became an instant literary success. Monks supporters capitalized on the lucrative market in anti-Catholic literature, bringing out the pseudo-pornographic Awful Disclosures of the Hotel Dieu Nunnery in 1836. Monk, who was in fact a Montreal prostitute rather than a nun, enjoyed the life of a literary star in New York before her hoax was uncovered. These two narratives are now available for the first time in a single paperback edition. Nancy Lusignan Schultzs introduction provides a fascinating glimpse into the history, development, and marketing of these phenomenal best-sellers. These convent tales by Reed and Monk are classics that must be read by those interested in American studies, popular culture, social and religious history, literature, and womens studies.

Living With Wisdom: A Life of Thomas Merton

Price: ~~$15.00~~

Sale: $8.34

Manufacturer: Orbis Books

Number of Items: 1

Binding: Paperback

Author: Jim Forest

Publisher: Orbis Books

Dewey Decimal Number: 271.12502

Publication Date: 1991-11

Reading Level: 226

Description: Here is a lavish pictorial biography of Thomas Merton, the extraordinary Trappist monk whose writings--including his classic autobiography The Seven Storey Mountain--exerted a profound influence on millions. An extensive collection of photographs captures the life and vision of one of the greatest spiritual figures of the century.

The Friars: The Impact of the Early Mendicant Movement on Western Society (The Medieval World)

Manufacturer: Longman Publishing Group

Number of Items: 1

Binding: Textbook Binding

Author: C. H. Lawrence

Publisher: Longman Publishing Group

Dewey Decimal Number: 271.06040902

Publication Date: 1994-03

Reading Level: 245

Mount Athos: Renewal in Paradise

Price: ~~$52.00~~

Sale: $39.64

Manufacturer: Yale University Press

Number of Items: 1

Binding: Hardcover

Author: Graham Speake

Publisher: Yale University Press

Dewey Decimal Number: 281

Publication Date: 2002-10-01

Reading Level: 320

Description: 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 conflict that have raged over the centuries. This is an illustrated history of Mount Athos. It encompasses the entire story of Athos from the first anchorite monks who lived in caves and simple huts to the establishment of the first monasteries in the tenth century to the monastic renewal that is taking place there today. Illustrated with historical and contemporary images, the text considers the influence of outside political events on the men (for only men are allowed) of the Holy Mountain and, more importantly, the impact of spiritual movements and religious controversy. What emerges is an account of the centuries-old Athonite way of life as well as a portrait of thriving monastic communities at the beginning of the 21st century.

Palladius: Dialogue on the Life of st John Chrysostom (Ancient Christian Writers)

Price: ~~$16.95~~

Sale: $13.42

Manufacturer: Newman Press

Number of Items: 1

Binding: Hardcover

Author: Bishop of Aspuna Palladius

Publisher: Newman Press

Dewey Decimal Number: 270.20924

Publication Date: 1985-03

Reading Level: 249

Description: Probably written in 406-408, this dialogue between an unidentified bishop and Theodore, a deacon of the Church of Rome, has as its aim to point out Chrysostom as a model of what a true Christian bishop should be.