Cistercian Studies


Cistercian Studies is a series of books published by Liturgical Press. The main focus of the series is on Christian monasticism, Christian mysticism, patristics, the history of Christianity, and other related topics.

List of volumes

List of volumes in the series:
No.TitleAuthor
1Contemplative PrayerThomas Merton
2The monastic theology of Aelred of Rievaulx: an experiential theologyAmédée Hallier
3Cistercian Spirit: SymposiumM. Basil Pennington
4Evagrius Ponticus: The Praktikos & Chapters on PrayerJohn Eudes Bamberger
5Community and Abbot in the Rule of St. Benedict Adalbert de Vogüé
6The Rule of the MasterLuke Eberle
7Aspects of monasticismJean Leclercq
8The eleventh-century background of CîteauxBede K. Lackner
9Thomas Merton on St. BernardThomas Merton
10William of St Thierry: The Man and His WorkJean Déchanet
11The Cistercian sign language: a study in non-verbal communicationRobert A. Barakat
12Rule and life: an interdisciplinary symposiumM. Basil Pennington
13Studies in Mediaeval Cistercian History: Presented to Jeremiah F. O'SullivanJeremiah Francis O'Sullivan
14The abbot in monastic tradition: a contribution to the history of the perpetual character of the office of religious superiors in the WestPierre Salmon
15The Golden Chain: A Study in the Theological Anthropology of Isaac of StellaBernard McGinn
16Bernard of Clairvaux and the Cistercian SpiritJean Leclercq
17Why monks?François Vandenbroucke
18Merton's Theology of PrayerJohn J. Higgins
19Contemplative LifeJean Leclercq
20Consider Your Call: Theology of Monastic Life TodayDaniel Rees
21Contemplative Community: An Interdisciplinary SymposiumM. Basil Pennington
22Silence: The Meaning of Silence in the Rule of St. BenedictAmbrose G Wathen
23Bernard of Clairvaux: Studies Presented to Dom Jean LeclercqJean Leclercq
24Studies in medieval Cistercian history. II John R. Sommerfeldt
25Christ the way: the Christology of Guerric of IgnyJohn Morson
26Russian MysticsSergius Bolshakoff
27Thomas Merton: the man and his workDennis Q. McInerny
28Saint Bernard of Clairvaux: studies commemorating the eighth centenary of his canonizationM. Basil Pennington
29One yet two: monastic tradition, East and West: Orthodox-Cistercian Symposium, Oxford University, 26 August-1 September, 1973M. Basil Pennington
30The Spirituality of Western ChristendomE. Rozanne Elder
33Dorotheos of Gaza: Discourses and SayingsDorotheos of Gaza
34The Lives of the Desert Fathers: Historia Monachorum in AegyptoNorman Russell
35The Cistercians in Denmark: their attitudes, roles, and functions in medieval societyBrian Patrick McGuire
36The Monastic Rule of Iosif VolotskyDavid M. Goldfrank
37Studies in monastic theologyOdo Brooke
38Abba: guides to wholeness and holiness, East and West: papers presented at a Symposium on Spiritual Fatherhood/Motherhood at the Abbey of New Clairvaux, Vina, California, 12-16 June, 1978John R. Sommerfeldt
39Households of God: Rule of St. Benedict, with Explanations for Monks and Lay-people TodayDavid Parry
40Solitude in the thought of Thomas MertonRichard Anthony Cashen
41The practical and theological chapters; and, Three theological discoursesSymeon the New Theologian
42The Message of Thomas MertonPatrick Hart
43Entirely for God: the life of Michael Iwene TansiElizabeth Allo Isichei
44The Name of JesusIrénée Hausherr
45The Life of Saint Pachomius and His Disciples: Volume 1Armand Veilleux
46Pachomian Chronicles and RulesArmand Veilleux
47Instructions, Letters and Other Writings of Saint Pachomius and His DisciplesArmand Veilleux
48Ladder of Monks and Twelve MeditationsGuigo II
49The Way to God According to the Rule of St. BenedictEmmanuel Heufelder
50Aelred of Rievaulx: A StudyAelred Squire
51In quest of the absolute: the life and work of Jules MonchaninJules Monchanin
52Thomas Merton, Monk a Monastic TributePatrick Hart
53Penthos: The Doctrine of Compunction in the Christian EastIrénée Hausherr
55The Roots of the Modern Christian Tradition E. Rozanne Elder
56The Occupation of Celtic Sites in Medieval Ireland by the Canons Regular of St. Augustine and the CisterciansGeraldine Carville
57Nicolas Cotheret's Annals of Citeaux, Outlined from the Original FrenchLouis Julius Lekai
58Sermons in a Monastery: Chapter TalksMatthew Kelty
59The Sayings of the Desert FathersBenedicta Ward
60Cistercian ideals and realityJohn R. Sommerfeldt
61Simplicity and ordinarinessJohn R. Sommerfeldt
62Thomas Merton's Shared Contemplation: A Protestant PerspectiveDaniel J. Adams
63The chimaera of his age: studies on Bernard of ClairvauxE. Rozanne Elder
64Cistercians in the Late Middle AgesE. Rozanne Elder
65Noble piety and reformed monasticismE. Rozanne Elder
66Studies in Cistercian Art and Architecture: Volume 1Meredith P. Lillich
67Benedictus, studies in honor of St Benedict of NursiaE. Rozanne Elder
68Heaven on Earth E. Rozanne Elder
69Studies in Cistercian Art and Architecture: Volume 2Meredith Parsons Lillich
70As We Seek God: International Reflections on Contemporary Benedictine Monasticism: InternatiStephanie Campbell
71Medieval Religious Women: Distant EchoesJohn A. Nichols
72Medieval Religious Women: Peace WeaversJohn A. Nichols
73The Life of ShenouteBesa
74Thomas Merton and Asia: his quest for utopiaAlexander Lipski
75Monastic practicesCharles Cummings
76The Cistercian WayAndré Louf
77A thirst for God: Spiritual Desire in Bernard of Clairvaux's Sermons on the Song of SongsMichael Casey
78The image and likeness: the Augustinian spirituality of William of St ThierryDavid N. Bell
79The Spirituality of the Christian East, Vol. 1: A Systematic HandbookTomas Spidlik
80The Letters of Armand-Jean de Rancé, Abbot and Reformer of La Trappe, Volume 1Armand Jean Le Bouthillier De Rance
81The Letters of Armand-Jean de Rancé, Abbot and Reformer of La Trappe, Volume 2Armand Jean Le Bouthillier De Rance
82Bede the Venerable: Commentary on the Seven Catholic EpistlesVenerable Bede
83Serving God First: Insights on the Rule of St. BenedictSighard Kleiner
84Goad and nailE. Rozanne Elder
85Finances of the Cistercian Order in the Fourteenth CenturyPeter King
86Rancé and the Trappist LegacyA. J. Krailsheimer
87Saint Hugh of LincolnDavid Hugh Farmer
88History of the Monks of SyriaTheodoret of Cyrrhus
89Studies in Cistercian Art and Architecture: Volume 3Meredith Parsons Lillich
90From Cloister to Classroom Monastic and Scholastic Approaches to Truth: The Spirituality of Western Christendom IIIE. Rozanne Elder
91Fountains Abbey and Its Benefactors, 1132-1300Joan Wardrop
92The Legacy of Thomas MertonPatrick Hart
93Fathers talking: an anthologyAelred Squire
94William, Abbot of Saint Thierry: A Colloquium at the Abbey of Saint ThierryJerry Carfantan
95Friendship & community: the monastic experience, 350-1250Brian Patrick McGuire
96The Letters of Saint Anselm of Canterbury, volume 1Anselm of Canterbury
97The Letters of Saint Anselm of Canterbury, volume 2Anselm of Canterbury
98Erudition at God's Service: Studies in Medieval Cistercian History, XI John R. Sommerfeldt
99St. Benedict's Rule for Monks: Selected Passages from the Rule of St. BenedictAbbot of Monte Cassino Saint Benedict
100Selected WorksPeter of Celle
101The Syriac Fathers on Prayer and the Spiritual LifeSebastian Brock
102Thomas Merton: Monk and ArtistVictor A. Kramer
103Toward an Integrated Humanity: Thomas Merton's JourneyM. Basil Pennington
104Women and Saint Bernard of ClairvauxJean Leclercq
105A Second Look at Bernard of ClairvauxJean Leclercq
106Harlots of the Desert: A Study of Repentance in Early Monastic SourcesBenedicta Ward
107The life of Isaac of Alexandria & the martyrdom of Saint MacrobiusMēna of Nikiou
108The Life of Saint Mary Magdalene and of Her Sister Saint MarthaRabanus Maurus
109A Cloud of Witnesses: An Introductory History of the Development of Christian DoctrineDavid N. Bell
110Homilies on the Gospels: Advent to Lent Venerable Bede
111Homilies on the Gospels: Lent to the Dedication of the Church Venerable Bede
112The Lives of Simeon StylitesRobert Doran
113Hidden Springs: Cistercian Monastic WomenJohn A. Nichols
113BHidden Springs: Cistercian Monastic Women John A. Nichols
114The Lives of the Monks of PalestineCyril of Scythopolis
115In the Unity of the Holy Spirit: Spiritual Talks on the Rule of Saint BenedictSighard Kleiner
116Spiritual Direction in the Early Christian EastIrénée Hausherr
117The Venerable Bede Commentary on the Acts of the ApostlesVenerable Bede
118The hermit monks of GrandmontCarole A. Hutchison
119A Silent Herald of Unity: The Life of Maria Gabriella SaghedduMartha Driscoll
120The mystical theology of Saint BernardÉtienne Gilson
121Beatrice of Nazareth in her ContextRoger De Ganck
122Towards Unification with God Roger De Ganck
123Forty Gospel HomiliesPope Gregory I
124The Luminous Eye: The Spiritual World Vision of Saint EphremSebastian Brock
125The spiritual teachings of Bernard of Clairvaux: an intellectual history of the early Cistercian OrderJohn R. Sommerfeldt
126The Difficult Saint: Bernard of Clairvaux and His TraditionBrian Patrick McGuire
127Love Without Measure: Extracts from the Writings of Saint Bernard of ClairvauxBernard of Clairvaux
128Wholly Animals: A Book of Beastly TalesDavid N. Bell
129Tuning in to Grace: The Quest for GodAndré Louf
130An index of authors and works in Cistercian libraries in Great BritainDavid N. Bell
131The Cistercians in ScandinaviaJames France
132An Index of Cistercian Authors and Works in Medieval Library Catalogues in Great BritainDavid N. Bell
133The Monastic JourneyThomas Merton
134Studies in Cistercian Art and Architecture: Volume 4Meredith Parsons Lillich
135Bernardus Magister: Papers Presented at the Nonacentenary Celebration of the Birth of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux, Kalamazoo, MichiganJohn R. Sommerfeldt
136The Call of Wild GeeseMatthew Kelty
137They Speak by SilencesA Carthusian
138The Rule of Saint AugustineSaint Augustine
139The Spiritual MeadowJohn Moschus
140Histories of the Monks of Upper Egypt and the Life of Onnophrius: And, the Life of OnnophriusPaphnutius the Ascetic
141Studiosorum speculum: studies in honor of Louis J. Lekai, O. Cist.Louis Julius Lekai
142The Letters of Saint Anselm of Canterbury, volume 3Anselm of Canterbury
143Handmaids of the Lord: contemporary descriptions of feminine asceticism in the first six Christian centuriesJoan M. Petersen
144With Greater Liberty: A Short History of Christian Monasticism and Religious OrdersKarl Suso Frank
145Spirituality of the Medieval West: The Eighth to the Twelfth CenturyAndré Vauchez
146Many Mansions: An Introduction to the Development & Diversity of Medieval TheologyDavid N. Bell
147The Contemplative Path: Reflections on Recovering a Lost TraditionE. Rozanne Elder
148Drinking from the Hidden Fountain: A Patristic Breviary: Ancient Wisdom for Today's WorldTomas Spidlik
149Way of Silent LoveA Carthusian
150Abba Isaiah of Scetis: ascetic discoursesIsaiah of Scetis
151Reading Saint Benedict: Reflections on the RuleAdalbert de Vogüé
152Stones Laid before the Lord: A History of Monastic ArchitectureAnselme Dimier
153No Moment Too Small: Rhythms of Silence, Prayer, and Holy ReadingNorvene Vest
155The Meditations of Guigo I, Prior of the CharterhousePrior of the Grande Chartreuse Guigo
156Eros and Allegory: Medieval Exegesis of the Song of SongsDenys Turner
157The Wound of LoveA Carthusian
158What Nuns Read: Books and Libraries in Medieval English NunneriesDavid N. Bell
159The Spiritually Beneficial Tales of Paul, Bishop of Monembasia: And of Other AuthorsBishop of Monemvasia Paul
160The joy of learning and the love of God: studies in honor of Jean LeclercqJean Leclercq
161A gathering of friends: the learning and spirituality of John of FordeHilary Costello
162The Celtic Monk: Rules & Writings of Early Irish MonksUinseann Ó Maidín
163The Call of Silent LoveA Carthusian
164Interior PrayerA Carthusian
165Achard of St Victor: WorksAchard of Saint-Victor
166Where Silence Is PraiseA Carthusian
167Studies in Cistercian Art and Architecture: Volume 5Meredith Parsons Lillich
168Pater Bernhardus: Martin Luther and Bernard of ClairvauxFranz Posset
169The Venerable BedeBenedicta Ward
170The Cistercians in Medieval ArtJames France
171A Monastic OdysseyMarie de la Trinité Kervingant
172The Freedom of Obedience: Carthusian Novice ConferencesA Carthusian
173The Prayer of Love and SilenceA Carthusian
174Mercy in Weakness: Meditations on the WordAndré Louf
175The Spiritual World of Isaac the SyrianHilarion Alfeyev
176The Three Founders of CiteauxJean-Baptiste van Damme
177Stephen of Muret: MaximsStephen of Muret
178The Life of the Jura Fathers: The Life and Rule of the Holy Fathers Romanus, Lupicinus, and Eugendus, Abbots of the Monasteries in the Jura MountainsTim Vivian
179The Cistercian Abbeys of BritainDavid M. Robinson
180The hermitage within: spirituality of the desertAlan Neame
181High King of Heaven: Aspects of Early English SpiritualityBenedicta Ward
182Praying the Word: An Introduction to Lectio DivinaEnzo Bianchi
183Venerable Bede: Excerpts, Augustine, PaulThe Venerable Bede
184Poor, Therefore Rich: Carthusian Novice ConferencesCarthusian
185Western Monasticism: A History of the Monastic Movement in the Latin ChurchPeter King
186Halfway to Heaven: The Hidden Life of the Sublime CarthusiansRobin Bruce Lockhart
187Pathway of Peace: Cistercian Wisdom According to Saint BernardCharles Dumont
188From Advent to Pentecost: Carthusian Novice ConferencesA Carthusian
189A Life Pleasing to God: The Spirituality of the Rules of St BasilAugustine Holmes
190Praying with Benedict: Prayer in the Rule of St. BenedictKorneel Vermeiren
191Cistercian Europe: architecture of contemplationTerryl N. Kinder
192Manjava Skete: Ukrainian Monastic Writings of the Seventeenth CenturySophia Senyk
193Praise No Less Than Charity: Studies in Honor of M. Chrysogonus Waddell, Monk of Gethsemani AbbeyE. Rozanne Elder
194Studies in Cistercian Art and Architecture: Volume 6Meredith Parsons Lillich
195Grace Can Do More: Spiritual Accompaniment and Spiritual GrowthAndré Louf
196The Book of Steps: The Syriac Liber GraduumRobert A. Kitchen
197How Far to Follow?: The Martyrs of AtlasBernardo Olivera
198Ss. Vincenzo e Anastasio at Tre Fontane near Rome: history and architecture of a medieval Cistercian abbeyJoan Barclay Lloyd
199The search for God: conferences, letters, and homiliesBernardo Olivera
200Grimlaicus: Rule for SolitariesGrimlaicus
201Bearers of the Spirit: Spiritual Fatherhood in the Romanian Orthodox TraditionNicolas Stebbing
202Against the HeathenAthanasius
204Truth as gift: studies in medieval Cistercian history in honor of John R. SommerfeldtMarsha L. Dutton
205Understanding Rancé: The Spirituality of the Abbot of La Trappe in ContextDavid N. Bell
206The Spirituality of the Christian East, Vol. 2: PrayerTomas Spidlik
207Words to Live by: Journeys in Ancient And Modern Egyptian Monasticism Tim Vivian
208Stewards of the Poor: The Man of God, Rabbula, and Hiba in Fifth-century EdessaRobert Doran
209Saint Mary of Egypt: Three Medieval Lives in VerseRonald Pepin
210Medieval images of Saint Bernard of Clairvaux: illustrationsJames France
211Peter Abelard after marriage: the spiritual direction of Heloise and her nuns through liturgical songThomas J. Bell
212Commentary on the Rule of Saint BenedictSmaragdus of Saint-Mihiel
213Christ Within Me: Prayers and Meditations from the Anglo-Saxon TraditionBenedicta Ward
214Kurisumala: Francis Mahieu Acharya, a pioneer of Christian monasticism in IndiaMarthe Mahieu-De Praetere
215The Blessing of Blessings: Grigor of Narek's Commentary on the Song of SongsGregory of Narek
216The Wisdom of the Pearlers: An Anthology of Syriac Christian MysticismBrian Colless
217Rooted in detachment: living the TransfigurationKenneth Stevenson
218A Cloud of Witnesses: An Introductory History of the Development of Christian Doctrine to 500 ADDavid N. Bell
219Witness to Holiness: Abba Daniel of ScetisTim Vivian
220Benedict of Aniane: The Emperor's MonkAllen Cabaniss
221Nil Sorsky: The Authentic WritingsDavid Goldfrank
222Lives of monastic reformers, 1: Robert of La Chaise-Dieu and Stephen of ObazineRonald E. Pepin
223The Life and Miracles of Saint MaurusOdo
224Useful Servanthood: A Study of Spiritual Formation in the Writings of Abba AmmonasBernadette McNary-Zak
225Becoming Fire: Through the Year with the Desert Fathers and MothersTim Vivian
226Stephen Harding: A Biographical Sketch and TextsClaudio Stercal
227A Light to Enlighten the Darkness: Daily Readings for Meditation During the Winter SeasonEmma Cazabonne
228Orthodoxy: Evolving TraditionDavid N. Bell
229Talking Back: A Monastic Handbook for Combating DemonsEvagrius of Pontus
230The Lives of Monastic Reformers 2: Abbot Vitalis of Savigny, Abbot Godfrey of Savigny, Peter of Avranches, and Blessed HamoHugh Feiss
231Reading to Live: The Evolving Practice of Lectio DivinaRaymond Studzinski
232Anselm of Havelberg, Anticimenon: on the unity of the faith and the controversies with the GreeksBishop of Havelberg Anselm
233In the Valley of Wormwood: Cistercian Blessed and Saints of the Golden AgeThomas Merton
234The Holy Workshop of Virtue: The Life of John the Little by Zacharias of SakhaTim Vivian
235The Discourses of Philoxenos of Mabbug: A New Translation and IntroductionRobert A. Kitchen
236Outreach and renewal: a first-millennium legacy for the third-millennium churchJames McSherry
238Lectio Divina: The Medieval Experience of ReadingDuncan Robertson
239Following the Footsteps of the Invisible: The Complete Works of Diadochus of PhotikeCliff Ermatinger
240The Book of the Elders: Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Systematic CollectionJohn Wortley
241Hildegard of Bingen: Homilies on the GospelsHildegard of Bingen
242Spirituality of the Premonstratensians: the twelfth and thirteenth centuriesFrancois Petit
243The Maronites: The Origins of an Antiochene ChurchPaul Naaman
244On the Song of SongsPope Gregory I
245The crown of monksSmaragdus of Saint-Mihiel
246Separate but Equal: Cistercian Lay Brothers 1120-1300James France
247Christian De Cherge: A Theology of HopeChristian Salenson
248Bernard of Clairvaux, theologian of the crossAnthony N.S. Lane
249Moral Reflections on the Book of Job, Volume 1Gregory the Great
250Mystagogy: A Monastic Reading of Dionysius AreopagitaAlexander Golitzin
251Aelred the Peacemaker: The Public Life of a Cistercian AbbotJean Truax
252Palladius of Aspuna: The Lausiac HistoryPalladius of Aspuna
253Hildegard of Bingen: Solutions to Thirty-Eight QuestionsSaint Hildegard
254Can a seamless garment be truly torn? Questions surrounding the Jewish-Catholic Löb family, 1881-1945Peter Steffen
255Reclaiming Humility: Four Studies in the Monastic TraditionJane Foulcher
256The Rule of Benedict: An Invitation to the Christian LifeGeorg Holzherr
257Moral Reflections on the Book of Job, Volume 2Gregory the Great
258Moral Reflections on the Book of Job, Volume 3Gregory the Great
259Moral Reflections on the Book of Job, Volume 4Gregory the Great
260Moral Reflections on the Book of Job, Volume 5Gregory the Great
263The World of Medieval Monasticism: Its History and Forms of LifeGert Melville
264The Old English Rule of Saint Benedict: with Related Old English TextsÆthelwold
265In the School of Prophets: The Formation of Thomas Merton's Prophetic SpiritualityEphrem Arcement
266Thomas Merton: Early Essays, 1947-1952Patrick F. O'Connell
267The Life of Jesus Christ: Part One, Volume 1, Chapters 1–40Ludolph of Saxony
268Unity of spirit: studies on William of Saint-Thierry in honor of E. Rozanne ElderF. Tyler Sergent
269A Not-So-Unexciting Life: Essays on Benedictine History and Spirituality in Honor of Michael Casey, OCSOCarmel Posa SGS
270Saint Columban: his life, rule, and legacyTerrence G. Kardong
271A Saint in the Sun: Praising Saint Bernard in the France of Louis XIVDavid N. Bell
272The Text of a Coptic Monastic Discourse On Love and Self-Control: Its Story from the Fourth Century to the Twenty-FirstCarolyn Schneider
274Everyday Life at La Trappe under Armand-Jean de RancéDavid N. Bell
275A Benedictine reader: 530-1530Hugh Feiss
282The Life of Jesus Christ: Part One, Volume 2, Chapters 41-70Ludolph of Saxony
289Thousands and Thousands of Lovers: Sense of Community among the Nuns of HelftaAnna Harrison