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Title:
Monasticism : a very short introduction / Stephen J. Davis.
Author:
Davis, Stephen J., author.
Publication Information:
Oxford, United Kingdom : Oxford University Press, 2018.

©2018
Call Number:
BL631 .D38 2018
Abstract:
Explores the phenomenon of monasteries from antiquity to present day as cloister places of refuge where fundamental aspects of life are regimented and spirituality is practiced.
Edition:
First edition.
ISBN:
9780198717645
Series:
Very short introductions ; 546

Very short introductions ; 546.
Physical Description:
xvi, 142 pages : illustrations ; 18 cm.
Contents:
Definitions -- Differences -- Rules, social organization, and gender -- Saints and spirituality -- Spaces real and imagined -- A global phenomenon in the contemporary world.
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