The Universal Monk
The Way of the New Monastics
Published on 1. April 2011
Book
Paperback/Softback
230 pages
978-0-8146-3341-0 (ISBN)
Description
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, a new 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 crises 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!
Reviews / Votes
John Michael Talbot is the real deal. Here is a guide to new monasticism that exudes wisdom and carefully considers the questions that have arisen through decades of practice. If you're serious about asking what monasticism means for the church today-about what it means for you-read this book.Jonathan Wilson-HartgroveAuthor of New Monasticism
Co-compiler of Common Prayer: A Liturgy for Ordinary Radicals
Member of the Rutba House community in Durham, North Carolina This book presents one of the first views from inside a new type of monastery in the Church. Drawing on John Michael Talbot's twenty-five plus years in community, it breathes the air of honest-to-God daily experience of monastic life, and in a very complex type of community, comprising celibates, marrieds, singles, and children. The new monasticism, with its many ways of participating, provides access from wherever you are into an ancient contemplative path.Abbot Jerome Kodell, OSB
Subiaco Abbey, Arkansas
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Language
English
Place of publication
Collegeville, MN
United States
Product notice
Paperback (trade)
Dimensions
Height: 207 mm
Width: 136 mm
Thickness: 14 mm
Weight
280 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-8146-3341-0 (9780814633410)
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E-Book
04/2011
1st Edition
Liturgical Press
€17.49
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Person
John Michael Talbot is the founder and spiritual father of the Catholic-based community the Brothers and Sisters of Charity. He leads an active ministry from Little Portion Hermitage and Monastery in Arkansas and St. Clare Monastery in Texas. He is also a Grammy and Dove award-winning, multiplatinum selling, contemporary Christian music pioneer and a best-selling author of over thirty books.