Andrew Jotischky’s new book is a history of monastic life from early Christianity - Alamy In seventh-century Emesa, Syria, a man walked through town tugging a dead dog on the end of a rope. He ...
The urban Buddhist nun and a protective rite for children in early North India -- On emptying chamber pots without looking and the urban location of Buddhist -- Nunneries in early India again -- On ...
JERUSALEM(AP) — Jesus prayed among the olive trees in the garden of Gethsemane on his last night before the crucifixion, according to the Gospel. Two millennia later, the mostly Catholic monks and ...