Pope Francis issued the apostolic constitution Vultum Dei quaerere in 2016 in which he emphasizes the importance of monasteries belonging to federations in order to avoid isolation and “to ensure . . . continuous formation.” Cor orans, the instruction implementing Vultum Dei qua…
This thesis explores issues concerning iconography, style, material, and patronage of a pictorial program in the Amitābha Hall of Chongfu Monastery which was built during the Jin period (1115-1234). This thesis provides detailed descriptions for murals in Amitābha Hall and recon…
Dosadašnja proučavanja istorije Hilandara u XVIII veku nisu dovoljno pažnje posvećivala državnim i društvenim okvirima u kojima su monasi živeli. Osamnaesti vek je bio vreme velikih vojnih i ekonomskih izazova, koji su počeli da pokazuju zaostajanje osmanske države u odnosu na n…
Examining a rich archive of textual and inscriptional sources produced by the Advaita Vedānta monastery at Śṛṅgeri in the fourteenth century, this dissertation argues that this monumental feat of scholastic production articulated a clear theory of monastic governmentality. Monas…
This book traces changing perceptions of Egypt's monastic landscape through an analysis of archaeological and documentary evidence from late antiquity.
Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom offers a new history of the field of Egyptian monastic archaeology. It is the first study in English to trace how scholars identified a space or site as monastic within the Egyptian landscape and how such identifications impacted perceptions of monasti…
Monastic archaeology in the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries -- Archaeology and 20th century perceptions of the monastic landscape -- An ecohistory of the Egyptian landscape -- Late antique documentary evidence and the monastic landscape -- Telling stories about the Egyp…