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Tag Archives: monastics
Commandos, Inklings, and powershell
If you can’t tell, dear readers, I’m in something of a reading funk — nibbling at many books but not immersed in any. Life has gotten busy recently: I’m now officially on a transplant list, a friend was just married, … Continue reading
Of stars and saints (again)
(“Again” because last year I had a similar post called ‘Of stars and saints‘.) Recently I’ve finished two books which were aimed at more youthful audiences (middle/high school, not sure), so I’m presenting them together. The first is Hands of … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, science
Tagged American Civil War, Astronomy, Isaac Asimov, monastics, science
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The Benedict Option
The Benedict Option © 2017 Rod Dreher 269 pages Christendom has fallen; long live Christendom. In The Benedict Option, Rob Dreher argues that the Christian church in the United States is at a crisis point and must now think … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Catholicism, Christianity, localism, monastics, Orthodoxy, praxis, religion, Rod Dreher
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Called to Serve
Called to Serve: A History of Nuns in America© 2013 Margaret McGuinness277 pages Long before the suffrage and feminist movements allowed women to assume a more publicly active role within society, women religious were taking an active role in shaping … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged Catholicism, Christianity, Civil Rights, education, history, labor, monastics, religion, women
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A Canticle for Leibowitz
A Canticle for Leibowitz © 1960 Water M. Miller 320 pages A thousand years ago, nuclear war swept the Earth, rendering to ashes the civilizations which inaugurated it. In the southwestern desert, however, there lies an outpost of another civilization … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews, science fiction
Tagged Catholicism, Cold War Fiction, monastics, science fiction
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A Year of Living Prayerfully
A Year of Living Prayerfully© 2015 Jared Brock352 pages Emotionally weary from his fight against human trafficking, Jared Brock and his wife sought refreshment in prayer. A yearlong traveling retreat would immerse them in the prayer traditions of Orthodox Judaism, … Continue reading
And Then There Were Nuns
And Then There Were Nuns: Adventures in a Cloistered Life© 2013 Jane Christmas292 pages When Jane Christmas’ boyfriend proposed to her, she gave him the most obvious reply: she said she wanted to join a nunnery. It wasn’t that he … Continue reading
Posted in Reviews
Tagged Anglican-Episcopal, Britain, Catholicism, Christianity, intentional community, monastics, religion
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Mysteries of the Middle Ages
Mysteries of the Middle Ages and the Beginnings of the Modern World© 2006 Thomas Cahill317 pages, plus notes and index A couple of weeks ago I met a friend for breakfast, and he brought with him an interesting-looking book. He … Continue reading
Posted in history, Reviews
Tagged Christianity, history, Medieval, monastics, Thomas Cahill
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