Monastic life in France arose from the ashes of the Revolution following the fall of Napoleon and the restoration of a French monarchy sympathetic to Catholicism in 1815. The Trappists led the return of contemplative monastic orders despite cultural changes that had undercut tra…
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Far from being the immutable 'Rock of Ages' He is often assumed to be, the God of Christian history and tradition has had many different and often conflicting faces. Rock of Ages? opens with the emergence of the Biblical God from the pantheon of deities in bronze age Canaan, and…
Far from being the immutable 'Rock of Ages' He is often assumed to be, the God of Christian history and tradition has had many different and often conflicting faces. Rock of Ages? opens with the emergence of the biblical God from the pantheon of deities in bronze age Canaan, and…
"Even if there is a realm beyond mortality, would finding it improve our lives on earth? What use is Spirit to a suffering world? Do prayer and meditation work? These were questions that plagued the author as a young man looking for love and meaning in life. After an unhappy sta…
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A personal account of searching for spiritual understanding initially outside Christian teaching, this book takes the position that there are as many ways to God as there are paths up a mountain. Interpreting his own spiritual breakthroughs, the author describes them as "windows…