New Monasticism
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THE UNIVERSAL MONK
The Way of the New Monastics
The Universal Monk is about the monk in all of us. In today's fast-paced and often fractured culture we all seek inner peace and unity. The Universal Monk is a powerful way for everyone of any state of life to find it.
It is written from John Michael Talbot's experience in public international ministry and as founder and spiritual father of the Brothers and Sisters of Charity, an integrated monastic community of celibates, singles who can marry, and families who live in an integrated monastery or in their own homes.
It walks us through a treatment of the current issues that face us -- such as the great recession, political polarization, and the sex abuse crisis in the church -- with real spiritual and lifestyle answers that come from a fully unified and integrated life in God. If you are tired of the "same old, same old," this book is for you! Paperback, 230 pages.
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COMMUNITY OF THE TRANSFIGURATION
The Journey of a New Monastic Community
In the 1930s, German theologian Dietrich Bonhoeffer anticipated the restoration of the church after the coming Second World War through a new kind of monasticism, a way of life of uncompromising adherence to the Sermon on the Mount in imitation of Christ. Since then, the renewal of Christian monasticism has become a great spiritual movement. Imbued with a love for God and neighbor, and with a healthy self-love, people are going to monasteries to deepen their relationship with God, to pray, and to find peace. While some monastic institutions are suffering a decline in traditional vocations, many Christians are exploring monastic lifestyles.
This book introduces The Community of the Transfiguration in Australia, the story of a new monastic community and an inspiring source of hope for the world at another time of spiritual, social, and ecological crisis. Third in the series that includes School(s) for Conversion and Inhabiting the Church.
Paperback, 186 pages
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NEW MONASTICISM
An Insider's Perspective
Learn first-hand about this fast-growing new movement consisting of mostly Evangelicals and Protestants in the United States. Author Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove tells us about his founding a New Monastic community, traces the movement's biblical and historical roots, encounters with the Rule of St. Benedict and efforts to impact contemporary Christianity. Paperback, 147 pages.
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INHABITING THE CHURCH
Biblical Wisdom for a New Monasticism
If the church is more than just a building, what could it mean to live in it — to inhabit it as a way of life? From their location in new monastic communities, the authors ask what the church can learn from St. Benedict's vows of conversion, obedience, and stability about how to live as the people of God in the world. Second in the series that began with School(s) for Conversion. Paperback, 140 pages
Conversations between contemporary Christian communities and Benedictine monasticism are among the most surprising and promising in the church today. Given that the roots of monasticism and of contemporary Protestantism lie in different parts of the Christian tradition, mutual engagement between contemporary Christians and monastics has been rare. Recently, however, the scene has shifted, and Inhabiting the Church represents the new eagerness to learn the art of living together faithfully from experienced and ancient practitioners.
—Christine D. Pohl, foreword
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SCHOOL(S) FOR CONVERSION
12 Marks of a New Monasticism
Throughout the history of the church, monastic movements have emerged to explore new ways of life in the abandoned places of society. School(s) for Conversion is a communal attempt to discern the marks of a new monasticism in the inner cities and forgotten landscapes of the Empire that is called America. This book invites us into a way of life that is simultaneously ancient and wonderfully new. By combining first-person accounts of the marks of Christ-formed communities with rich historical and biblical reflection, the various writers provide truthful and hope-filled descriptions of contemporary Christian community. First in a series. Paperback, 190 pages.
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