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Desert Fathers Books
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The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection (Cistercian Studies, #59)
by (shelved 9 times as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.30 — 3,568 ratings — published 1975
Desert Christians: An Introduction to the Literature of Early Monasticism (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.42 — 78 ratings — published 2004
The Wisdom of the Desert: Sayings from the Desert Fathers of the Fourth Century (Shambhala Library)
by (shelved 4 times as desert-fathers)
avg rating 3.98 — 3,366 ratings — published 1960
The Way of the Heart: A Study of Contemplative Prayer and Inner Devotion (Paperback)
by (shelved 4 times as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.30 — 9,329 ratings — published 1981
John Cassian: Conferences (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.28 — 302 ratings — published 1950
In the Heart of the Desert: The Spiritualilty of the Desert Fathers and Mothers (Treasures of the World's Religions)
by (shelved 3 times as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.14 — 182 ratings — published 2003
Athanasius: The Life of Antony and the Letter to Marcellinus (Paperback)
by (shelved 3 times as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.18 — 646 ratings — published 357
Silence and Honey Cakes : The Wisdom of the Desert (Hardcover)
by (shelved 3 times as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.28 — 572 ratings — published 2003
The Life of St. Anthony (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.34 — 1,761 ratings — published 357
Living With The Mind of Christ: Mindfulness and Christian Spirituality (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 2 times as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.40 — 15 ratings — published
The Ascent of Mount Carmel (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.43 — 789 ratings — published 1579
Listening for the Heartbeat of God: A Celtic Spirituality (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.34 — 957 ratings — published 1997
Discovering God Through the Daily Practice of His Presence: Claiming God's Presence (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.64 — 14 ratings — published 1989
Desert Wisdom:Sayings from the Desert Fathers (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.46 — 182 ratings — published 1982
The Solace of Fierce Landscapes: Exploring Desert and Mountain Spirituality (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.29 — 423 ratings — published 1998
The Wilderness of God (Paperback)
by (shelved 2 times as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.25 — 28 ratings — published 1997
The Lives of the Desert Fathers: The Historia Monachorum in Aegypto (Cistercian Studies No. 34)
by (shelved 2 times as desert-fathers)
avg rating 3.98 — 95 ratings — published 1980
Acedia & Me: A Marriage, Monks, and a Writer's Life (Hardcover)
by (shelved 2 times as desert-fathers)
avg rating 3.77 — 3,298 ratings — published 2008
What Grows in Weary Lands: On Christian Resilience (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.68 — 196 ratings — published
The Way of the Desert Elders: How the Wisdom of Ancient Christians Sustains Us Today (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.50 — 6 ratings — published
Journeying into God: Seven Early Monastic Lives (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as desert-fathers)
avg rating 3.75 — 4 ratings — published 1996
Spirituality Workbook: A Guide for Explorers, Pilgrims and Seekers (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.10 — 21 ratings — published 2006
رسائل القديس انطونيوس (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.38 — 58 ratings — published 1975
The Lausiac History (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.17 — 63 ratings — published 420
Abba Isaiah Of Scetis: Ascetic Discourses (Cistercian Studies Series, #150)
by (shelved 1 time as desert-fathers)
avg rating 3.50 — 2 ratings — published 2001
The Life of Bishoi: The Greek, Arabic, Syriac, and Ethiopic Lives (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as desert-fathers)
avg rating 5.00 — 2 ratings — published
On the Cosmic Mystery of Jesus Christ: Selected Writings (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.45 — 708 ratings — published 2003
Talking Back: A Monastic Handbook for Combating Demons (Volume 229) (Cistercian Studies Series)
by (shelved 1 time as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.13 — 212 ratings — published 2009
The World of the Desert Fathers: Stories and Sayings Form the Anonymous Series of the Apophthegmata Patrum (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.00 — 11 ratings — published 1986
Responsibility for the Generation (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as desert-fathers)
avg rating 5.00 — 4 ratings — published
Water from a Deep Well: Christian Spirituality from Early Martyrs to Modern Missionaries (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.27 — 958 ratings — published 2007
Turning the Heart to God (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.70 — 112 ratings — published 2001
Streams in the Wasteland: Finding Spiritual Renewal with the Desert Fathers and Mothers (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.30 — 155 ratings — published
Live No Lies: Recognize and Resist the Three Enemies That Sabotage Your Peace (Hardcover)
by (shelved 1 time as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.46 — 15,330 ratings — published 2021
Fifty Spiritual Homilies of St. Macarius the Egyptian (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.75 — 4 ratings — published
Practical Spirituality According to the Desert Fathers (Kindle Edition)
by (shelved 1 time as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.21 — 103 ratings — published 2008
Letter to the Soldiers of Coroticus (Unknown Binding)
by (shelved 1 time as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.04 — 28 ratings — published
The Philokalia, Volume 3: The Complete Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.59 — 136 ratings — published 1984
How the Irish Saved Civilization: The Untold Story of Ireland's Heroic Role from the Fall of Rome to the Rise of Medieval Europe (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as desert-fathers)
avg rating 3.81 — 47,262 ratings — published 1995
The Hidden Man of the Heart (1 Peter: 3:4): The cultivation of the heart in Orthodox Christian anthropology
by (shelved 1 time as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.68 — 78 ratings — published 2007
Earthen Vessels: The Practice of Personal Prayer According to the Patristic Tradition (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.38 — 139 ratings — published 1996
Book of the Lover and the Beloved (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as desert-fathers)
avg rating 3.88 — 114 ratings — published 1283
Life of St. Columba (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as desert-fathers)
avg rating 3.85 — 320 ratings — published 713
The Philokalia, Volume 2: The Complete Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.59 — 351 ratings — published 1982
The Philokalia, Volume 1: The Complete Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.50 — 1,437 ratings — published 1983
The Philokalia, Volume 4: The Complete Text (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.61 — 273 ratings — published 1995
The Life of Moses (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.30 — 1,199 ratings — published 390
The Confession of Saint Patrick (Mass Market Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.19 — 1,160 ratings — published 425
The Celtic Way of Evangelism: How Christianity Can Reach the West . . . Again (Paperback)
by (shelved 1 time as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.09 — 1,110 ratings — published 2000
Poustinia: Encountering God in Silence, Solitude and Prayer (Madonna House Classics)
by (shelved 1 time as desert-fathers)
avg rating 4.24 — 499 ratings — published 1974
“A monk was told that his father had died. He said to the messenger, "Do not blaspheme. My Father cannot die.”
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“The Alexandrian Mystics’ emphasis on silent prayer gave their teachings interior depth missing from Western theology today.”
― Healing the Divide: Recovering Christianity's Mystic Roots
― Healing the Divide: Recovering Christianity's Mystic Roots
