The World Council of Churches’ Faith and Order Conference, held in Egypt to mark the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of ...
A special ecumenical gathering featuring various Christian traditions opened on Friday — the start of a five-day conference ...
Monasticism can also seem strange and confusing. In books, museums, and historical buildings, we often come across terms like ‘Benedictine’ and ‘Cistercian’, or ‘Dominican’ and ‘Jesuit’, without ...
MOUNT ATHOS, Greece (AP) — Mount Athos, a verdant peninsula in northern Greece, has been a center of Christian Orthodox monasticism for more than 1,000 years. The all-male autonomous community, known ...
A Brief History, Philip Sheldrake describes the emergence of new spiritual emphases in different historical periods as a response to the changing circumstances of the Christian Church.
Monastics from diverse religious traditions the world over face similar opportunities, challenges and frustrations. Shortly before his death in 1968, Thomas Merton met the young Tenzin Gyatso, the ...
The podcast’s launch coincides with the Catholic Church’s 2025 Jubilee Year of Hope, which Bishop Varden sees as particularly significant. Bishop Erik Varden, OCSO, of the Catholic Territorial ...
Departments/Programs: Classical and Early Mediterranean Studies, Near Eastern Judaic Studies, Religious Studies Program Title: Myra and Robert Kraft and Jacob Hiatt Associate Professor of Christian ...
The monastic alternative, at least in the West, has become so deeply unfashionable that most people no longer consider the possibility, but there is, at least to me, something deeply appealing about ...