Echoes of the Word: A New Kind of Monk on the Meaning of Life

by Enzo Bianchi and Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove

Discussion around the bestseller The Benedict Option by Rod Dreher has led many people to want to know more about monastic principles. This book by the modern monastic prior Enzo Bianchi (of the Bose Community in Switzerland) gives insight to the monastic life lived by the desert fathers and mothers.
"Abba, give me a word " So young monks and visitors to desert monasteries would address an elder at the beginning of the 4th century. These...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 161261373X
• ISBN13: 9781612613734
• Release Date: September 2013
• Publisher: Paraclete Press (MA)
• Length: 185 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.0"