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What is happiness? Does life have a meaning? If so, is that meaning available in an ordinary life? The philosopher Zena Hitz confronted these questions head-on when she spent several years living in a Christian religious community. Religious life -- the communal life chosen by monks, nuns, friars, and hermits -- has been a part of global Christianity since earliest times, but many of us struggle to understand what could drive a person to renounce wealth, sex, children, and ambition to live a life of prayer and sacrifice. Hitz's lively and accessible book explores questions about faith, sacrifice, asceticism and happiness through philosophy, stories, and examples from religious life. Drawing on personal experience as well as film, literature, history, biography, and theology, it demystifies an important element of contemporary culture, and provides a picture of human flourishing and happiness which challenges and enriches modern-day life.

Religion --- Religious life. --- Philosophy.

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Susanna Fein's long and distinguished scholarly career has helped to redefine how we understand the role of scribes and manuscripts from late medieval England. She has carried out groundbreaking research on seminal manuscripts (e.g., Harley 2253, the Thornton Manuscripts, John Audley's autograph manuscript, and the Auchinleck Manuscript). She has written extensively on the more complex and challenging metrical forms the period produced. And she has edited foundational primary texts and collections of essays. A wide range of scholars have been influenced by Fein's work, many of whom present original research-much of it following trails first laid down by Fein-in this volume.

Christian women --- Religious life

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"L'orientation vers les convergences, échanges et confrontations dans l'histoire monastique du grand Ouest européen au Moyen Âge permet de porter un regard nouveau sur la dynamique de divers établissements en observant les relations qui s'y sont développées tant au sein des communautés, qu'avec la société environnante. Les influences externes subies par les monastères et les conflits internes qui s'y jouent, les échanges dus aux pèlerinages, aux rouleaux des morts et aux confraternités sont au nombre des thèmes explorés."--

Monastic and religious life

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"In this practical guide, the authors help weary leaders renew their love for ministry by equipping them to build a gospel-centered culture into every aspect of their churches"--

Clergy --- Religious life.

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"Stories of Pentecostal conversion and church growth in Roma communities are prolific across Europe but how does conversion impact daily lives in the context of economic hardship and social marginalization? In fact, Roma Pentecostal life stories from Croatia and Serbia reveal both resilience and suffering, and consequently reveal the struggle of lived faith amidst formidable challenges. In what ways, then, has a new Pentecostal identity shifted relationships, thinking, and behaviour? This ethnography explores the ways in which these Roma Pentecostals incorporate their faith in their daily lives through analysing their life stories in conjunction with their socio-cultural contexts and Pentecostal theology"--

Pentecostalism. --- Pentecostals, Romani --- Romanies --- Religious life