For For monks, oblates and readers of Main interested in the monastic life; not a history of monasticism.
Should I read this?
For the general reader
2 of 5worth a look
For the researcher
2 of 5useful
Difficulty
1 of 5light
A short posthumous Montreal booklet on the monastic life.
How it proceeds
Philosophic1 of 5
Scriptural1 of 5
Experiential4 of 5
Sociological3 of 5
Historical1 of 5
Independent intensities, 0–5 — what the work is made of, not how good it is.
A booklet by John Main published by the Benedictine Priory of Montreal in 1983. A published review of Community of Love lists the monastic adventure among the subjects that collection treats, and says several of its pieces deal with the Rule of St Benedict.
