In Critical Monks Wallnig offers a new, contextualized interpretation of German Benedictine scholarship around 1700.
In Critical Monks Wallnig offers a new, contextualized interpretation of German Benedictine scholarship around 1700.
A Critical Study in the Schism in Early Buddhist Monastic Tradition: Dasavatthu and Pañcavatthu
The Broadview edition includes a critical introduction and appendices of historical materials that address the novel’s literary sources (in English, German, and Greek literature), historical contexts (the French Revolution, slavery and ...
This volume promises to become an indispensable resource in understanding both the history and the spirituality of monastic life.
The work of Dom Adalbert de Vogüé, O.S.B. (1924-2011) serves as the basis of all serious study of the Rule of Benedict.
Thomas Merton, Monk and Poet: A Critical Study
Focusing on monastic debate and disciplinary practices such as reprimand and corporal punishment, Michael Lempert shows how violence makes monks into educated, moral persons but in ways that trouble Tibetans who aspire to liberal ideals ...
Enlightened Monks investigates the social, cultural, philosophical, and theological challenges the German Benedictines had to face between 1740 and 1803, and how the Enlightenment process influenced the self-understanding and lifestyle of ...
This book is an depth study and word by word translation of the Bhikkhu Pātimokkha, the Code of Discipline of Buddhist monks which is recited bimonthly in Buddhist monasteries.
This book provides a multifaceted discussion of religious, social, cultural, artistic, and political functions of Buddhist monasteries in medieval China and Japan.