Author Listings (Monasticism)
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| I am a Benedictine residing in the beautiful Pacific Northwest at Saint Placid Priory (www.stplacid.org). Monastic life nurtures my questing, my questioning and my writing. |
| Jonathan Wilson-Hartgrove is an author, New Monastic, and sought-after speaker. A native of North Carolina, he is a graduate of Eastern University and Duke Divinity School. (See jonathanwilsonhartgrove.com)
Shortly before the United States began bombing Iraq in 2003, Jonathan and his wife, Leah, traveled there as me....[more] |
| Saint Anselm of Canterbury (c. 1033 – 21 April 1109) was an Italian-born philosopher and theologian. He is considered by some to be one of the greatest Christian writers of medieval Europe. Anselm is thought of as the Founder of Scholasticism and the originator of the ontological argument for the existence of God. A....[more] |
| Saint Thomas Aquinas (1225 – 1274) was a Roman Catholic priest in the Dominican Order known for his philosophy and theology work. “Aquinas” indicates his residence – not his surname – so he is sometimes referred to as Thomas. Thomas is the father of the Thomistic school of philosophy and theology. He was the foremos....[more] |
| William Beckford (1760-1844) is most commonly known for his works in literature, but he was also a politician and collector and patron of the arts. Beckford, who was raised in London, inherited a large fortune at the age of ten which included several sugar plantations in Jamaica and land at Fonthill in Wiltshire. He wo....[more] |
| E. A. Wallis Budge (Sir Ernest Alfred Thompson Wallis Budge) (July 27, 1857 - November 23, 1934)
Budge was born in Bodmin, Cornwall, England to Mary Ann Budge. His father is unknown. He went to live with his grandmother and aunt in London as a young man. He was interested in languages by the age of ten, but left s....[more] |
| Samuel Butler, English writer, artist, and satirist, was born on December 4th, 1835 in Nottinghamshire, England. The eldest of four children, Butler had a rather hostile relationship with his parents. Though his education started at home, he referred to his parents as “stupid” and soon began to reject his strict Angl....[more] |
Religion
| Diarmuid O'Murchu is a social psychologist and priest in the Sacred Heart Missionary Order. He has written Quantum Theory: Spiritual Implication of the New Physics, a book about the quantum theory and spirituality, and Reclaiming Spirituality: A New Spiritual Framework for Today's World, a book about Roman Catholicism ....[more] |
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