The vow of stability
An ethnography of monastic life
Published on 20. May 2025
Book
Hardback
272 pages
978-1-917341-09-7 (ISBN)
Description
A close study of the rhythms and challenges of community life in an English Benedictine monastery.
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Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Dimensions
Height: 240 mm
Width: 161 mm
Thickness: 21 mm
Weight
625 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-917341-09-7 (9781917341097)
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Richard D.G. Irvine is Senior Lecturer and Director of Teaching in Social Anthropology at the University of St Andrews. His work spans the anthropology of religion and environmental anthropology, and he has carried out fieldwork in the UK and Mongolia.