Includes bibliographical references (pages 123-136) and index.
Contents:
Definitions -- Differences -- Rules, social organization, and gender -- Saints and spirituality -- Spaces real and imagined -- A global phenomenon in the contemporary world.
Summary:
Explores the phenomenon of monasteries from antiquity to present day as cloister places of refuge where fundamental aspects of life are regimented and spirituality is practiced.
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