Alone in Community: Journey Into Monastic Life Around the World

by William Claassen

This first-person account offers an engaging and reflective description of monastic life as practiced in eleven countries--familiar sites, such as Mt. Athos, as well as remote and austere forest... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0939516527
• ISBN13: 9780939516520
• Release Date: January 2000
• Publisher: Forest of Peace Publishing
• Length: 279 Pages
• Weight: 1.15 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.2"

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This book takes the reader on a tour of monasteries throughout the world.... Christian, Buddhist, Muslim, Hindi, Jain, etc.. The author spent retreat time in all of these settings, and in most of them he was also able to interview residents also. The information presented is fascinating and reads very easily. The use of photographs to illustrate the text was an added bonus!