Monasticism Old and New Library

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• Articles
"A Vision So Old It Looks New," by Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove
"The Finkenwalde Project," by William Samson
"Evangelicals and Monastics," by Ivan J. Kauffman
"Ties that Bind: Sharing a Common Rule of Life," by Kyle Childress

• Art
"Old World Monasteries for New Generations," by Heidi J. Hornik, on The Cloisters, New York City
"A Queen's Gift," by Heidi J. Hornik, on Jean de Touyl, Reliquary Shrine

• Hymn and Worship Service
"Gather Now around His Teachings," by Terry York and David Bolin
Worship Service, by Amber Inscore Essick

• Inspirational Pieces
"St. Meinrad Archabbey: Portrait of a Historic Monastic Community," by Matthew Mattingly, O.S.B.
"Reba Place Fellowship: Portrait of a New Monastic Community," by Celina Varela
"From L'Abri to The Landing," by Emily Rodgers

• Book Reviews
"Learning from Monks," by J. Warren Smith
• Roberta Bondi, To Love as God Loves: Conversations with the Early Church
• Jason Byassee, Lord An Introduction to the Desert Fathers
• Rowan Williams, Where God Happens: Discovering Christ in One Another
• Benedicta Ward, The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks
• Laura Swan, The Forgotten Desert Mothers: Sayings, Lives, and Stories of Early Christian Women
• William Harmless, S.J., Desert Christians: An Introduction to the Literature of Early Monasticism

"We Need Each Other and We Need God," by Elizabeth Sands Wise
• Scott A. Bessenecker, The New Friars: The Emerging Movement Serving the World's Poor
• Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, New Monasticism: What It Has to Say to Today's Church
• Jon Stock, Tim Otto, and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove, Biblical Wisdom for a New Monasticism
• Rutba House, ed., Biblical Wisdom for a New Monasticism, and School(s) for Conversion: 12 Marks of a New Monasticism

• Study Guides and Lesson Plans (Download the set of five Study Guides)
"A Vision So Old It Looks New"
"The Finkenwalde Project"
"Evangelicals and Monastics"
"Ties that Bind: Sharing a Common Rule of Life"
"Snapshots from Home"

• Further Reading
"Saint Benedict in the City," by Bryan Hollon