Mary Forman

The Monkhood of All Believers

Christian Living

“This reader-friendly book is an exploration on the meaning of monk from various early and medieval sources. A monk is simply one who is single-mindedly devoted to God despite being associated with institutional forms. By drawing upon medieval sources such as Robert de Sorbon’s sermon on marriage and The Abbey of the Holy Ghost, and the more recent Russian Orthodox writer Paul Evdokimov, as well as Luther’s and Calvin’s critiques of the institutions of monasticism of their day, Peters presents an ‘ecumenical theology of monasticism.’ His work, which makes room for Protestants to live out an interior monasticism of the heart, adds an important theological dimension to the explorations of monastic spirituality today across the Christian and Orthodox spectrum.”