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The BBC TV series The Monastery involved five very modern men living the monastic life for forty days and forty nights, while TV cameras tracked their progress. The sight of monks responding thoughtfully and helpfully to ordinary people's struggles was a surprise to millions of viewers who had presumed that monks are 'out of touch'.

St Benedict wrote his Rule for monastic living 1,500 years ago when he was Abbot of Monte Cassino, the monastery which sits atop an inspiring mountain to the East of Rome. The name 'the Rule of St Benedict' often misleads people into thinking that Benedict wrote 'a book of rules.' In fact, he wrote a book of insights about Christian living, with some practical suggestions about how to put those insights into practice. The insights are still guiding people today, even though many of the rules have been adapted to local conditions as Benedict asked that they should be.

In every generation, monks and nuns bring together the realities of their day and the wisdom of the Rule in a new fusion born of contemporary experience. That fusion is the energy which enables monasteries to continue to be places of sanctuary today as they have been for centuries. And that sanctuary can be recreated in the hearts of all people of good will. This book will explain how St Benedict's wisdom can be applied to our very busy modern lives, and how sanctuary, peace and insight can be achieved by people living outside monasteries as well as in them.

About the Author :
Abbott Christopher Jamison is the Abbot of the Benedictine Monastery Worth Abbey, which featured in the BBC documentary series The Monastery

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?Abbot Christopher Jamison, who became known to viewers when his Benedictine order featured in the BBC TV series The Monastery, has written a guide to finding sanctuary. I will certainly read it because he's fascinating with seeking peace and spirituality in everyday life... very charismatic? generous with his insights, but never self-righteous, smug or preachy... his guidance is spot on. Heaven knows, most of us need all the peace we can get. - DAILY EXPRESS - RICHARD & JUDY

?Anyone who enjoyed the surprise hit television series The Monastery should be delighted with Christopher Jamison?s book?. by the end I was left with the definite impression that the author himself is a sincere and honorable man who sees, in the best aspects of the Rule of Benedict, a genuine solution to the abominable problems of modern living.? - SUNDAY TELEGRAPH

lucid and insightful book... Its gentle, understanding but uncompromising stance should encourage many to revise their estimate of the need for what is her termed "classic religion" and, ultimately, for God. - THE TABLET

A thoughtful, comforting and eminently practical book. - GOOD BOOK GUIDE


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780297851325
  • Publisher: Orion Publishing Co
  • Publisher Imprint: Weidenfeld & Nicolson
  • Height: 206 mm
  • No of Pages: 192
  • Sub Title: Monastic steps for Everyday Life
  • Width: 140 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0297851322
  • Publisher Date: 27 Apr 2006
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Spine Width: 24 mm
  • Weight: 310 gr


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