The vow of stability

2025/05/20 by Richard D. G. Irvine · 1 voice
Arts and Humanities · Social Sciences · #Anthropological Studies and Insights #Early Modern Women Writers #Religious Tourism and Spaces

paper · pdf · doi:10.62637/sup.bilp1551

openalex publication_date 2025/05/20 · openalex created_date 2025/05/21 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/29

Abstract

A close study of the rhythms and challenges of community life based on long-term fieldwork in an English Benedictine monastery, this book considers the importance of stability in a world of movement and fleeting interaction, and how religious institutions endure and change through time.

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• 🌟 It's publication day for 'The vow of stability: An ethnography of monastic life'! 👏Congratulations to Dr Richard Irvine @robotforaday.bsky.social on his unique account of life in a Catholic Bene [bsky, 11 points, 1 comments]

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