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The View from a Monastery by Tvedten, Benet is a religious work available to read on EtoBox.

What is The View from a Monastery about?

Part Of The Brotherhood Of South Dakota's Blue Cloud Abbey For More Than Forty Years, Brother Benet Tvedten Describes His Benedictine Community And The Possibilities Within. Combating The Notion That Monks Are Both Peculiar And Holy, Tvedten Reflects On The Changes That Have Occurred In Modern Monastic Life And On The Brothers With Whom He Has Forged His Community. The View From A Monastery -- St. Benedict And His Rule -- How The Monastery Came To Be Here -- Legends -- How I Came To Be Here -- High Liturgy / Low Liturgy -- Bruder Felix -- Hands Under The Scapular, Please -- Titles And Names -- The Holy Habit -- Profession -- Even Love One Another -- The Abbot -- A Public Place -- The Pilgrim -- Are You Real People? -- Can You Laugh? -- Books -- Prayer -- Work -- Let Me Sell You A Painting -- The Tough Guy -- Dogs -- The Women In Our Lives -- The Rural Life -- The Gardener -- The Nurse -- The Missionary-monk -- Dining Out -- Damien -- At The Movies -- The Telephone Problem -- Where We Live -- Miracles -- Destruction -- Neighborly Acts -- Protestants And Poets -- Seeking And Finding -- The Road We Take -- The Saints In Our Cemetery -- At Home -- Telling The Truth. Benet Tvedten.

Who reads The View from a Monastery?

It is typically read by readers engaging with religious study and devotional practice.

Common subject areas: religion, theology.

Author
Tvedten, Benet
Publisher
New York : Riverhead Books
Published
1999
Language
EN
ISBN
9781573221344
Category
religious
Subjects
Philosophy, Fiction, Religion
Rating
3.83 / 5 (14 ratings)
Updated
2026-03-13

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