So I was more than surprised when, a few months ago, I heard a leader who runs in some of the same circles say casually, “The new monasticism is dead.” While it’s true that traditional ...

This scholarly work is a valuable contribution to the overall history of monasticism in Ireland as it explores “the hidden years” of that tradition, following its much vaunted “golden age” ...

Their form of monastic life is decidedly Christian. However, monasticism in itself is not necessarily Christian; in fact, some of its non-Christian forms predate the time of Jesus Christ and still ...

High on a plateau in the Middle Atlas Mountains stands a rambling complex of rough-hewn rock buildings. These days the buildings are quiet; overhead, crows caw and buzzards scream; grass creeps ...

This course provides a comprehensive overview of Western monasticism, from its third-century origins to the current day. Beginning with the early Desert Monks, such as St. Anthony and St. Pachomius, ...

In the damp green hills of Brittany stands Abbaye de Boquen, a small 12th century monastery, where cloistered Cistercian monks have prayed and tilled the soil in silent serenity for centuries. In ...

Women in Catholic religious orders establish schools for girls around the world, care for the sick and work on societal issues in many other ways. The roots of Buddhist nationalism in Myanmar go ...

Last year, though, some kind of clear vision seized me as I was journaling, and almost without conscious thought, I wrote that I wanted my word for 2024 to be monasticism. This was the clear vision: a ...

Meet the Mount Athos monks living at Simonos Petra monastery in northern Greece - Mount Athos, a verdant peninsula in northern Greece, has been a center of Christian Orthodox monasticism for more than ...