Benedicta Ward

Desert Spirituality for Men

Men

“Thanks so much to Brad Karelius for the wealth of material from his wonderful explorations of prayer.”

Discernment in the Desert Fathers

History & Biography

“In this book, Dr Rich has explored with exemplary thoroughness the place of discretion in the early Christian monastic world, showing how it was understood and applied, by detailed reference to early monastic texts. . . . He has given an illuminating picture of the content and outworking of discretion, which can be as useful today as it was in the fourth century.”

Mystics, Visionaries, and Prophets

History & Biography

“Dr. Madigan has brought together translations of spiritual writings from the church of the martyrs to twentieth-century Uganda. Her work has made further material available for growth into the 'art of arts and science of sciences,' namely, praying always. That the works are all by women or about women draws attention to the contribution women have always made to Christian spirituality.”