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In the late eighties the Thai eco-Buddhist movement, led by a fragmented network of Buddhist monks, mobilized in defense of the forested ecosystems and advocated rural communities in forest and land conflicts against the state-corporation alliance. The pr... see more

Although Catholic monasteries are theoretically out of the world, monks and nuns more and more use the internet, both for religious and non-religious reasons. While society at large often takes it for granted that monks are out of modernity, monastic comm... see more

Il monastero di S. Apollinare in Classe (Ra) ha avuto una storia molto complessa. Nato presso la basilica fondata nella metà del VI secolo, nel Medioevo fu un luogo molto importante sia dal punto di vista economico, sia dal punto di vista politico. All’in... see more

The author compares the Russian-Ukrainian Baptist brotherhood - first of all, in its late Soviet form - with the Russian Orthodox concept of "monasticism in the world." Characteristic examples of asceticism among Russian Baptists, in some cases bordering ... see more

Herbal medicine has accompanied man since the dawn of time. For various ailments and health problems, help was sought in the surrounding nature. Ancient civilizations have greatly contributed to the development of phytotherapy, identifying and describing ... see more

Book review of: Living with the Monks by Jesse Itzler. New York: Center street, 2018. 304 pp ISBN 978-1478993421 (hardback)

The author compares the Russian-Ukrainian Baptist brotherhood - first of all, in its late Soviet form - with the Russian Orthodox concept of "monasticism in the world." Characteristic examples of asceticism among Russian Baptists, in some cases bordering ... see more

The third millennium started with a bang in Thai Buddhist circles when a former philosophy professor was ordained a Buddhist nun in Sri Lanka. The Thai Buddhist hierarchy does not recognize nuns, and has, in fact, forbidden monks to ordain ... see more

This article seeks to understand the shifts which are affecting monastic asceticism in modern society. Is monastic asceticism really changing and in which terms? Why has the place of the body in religious virtuosity changed? As religious virtuosity is bas... see more

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