Word: monasticism
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Actually, it is nearly devoid of plot and action. The King of Navarre and three lords swear to set up a monastic "little academe" in which for three years they are "to fast, to study, and to see no woman." But a princess and three ladies-in-waiting soon arrive...
Money is only one of Jean-Claude's concerns. He wants to race a car some day at Le Mans; he also would like to break the world speed record (109.14 m.p.h.) on skis. But first, after those long, monastic months of training, he has some catching up to...
Superiors of contemplative societies attribute the defections to what they term today's "Peace Corps mentality"- the desire of many young Catholics to serve God by good deeds in the world rather than through a life of prayer. Another problem is that the monastic orders, most of which date...
Though a youthful convert to Marxism, he toyed for a time with Catholicism to the point of considering taking monastic vows. His first of several dozen novels-and perhaps his best -was the Extraordinary Adventures of Julio Jurenito and His Disciples, a piquant, picaresque satire a la Voltaire of both...
Bhutanese tapestries and wall paintings are a blend of Buddhism, Hinduism and Bon, the country's original cult of sorcery and spirit worship. There is little in them to distinguish today from yesterday. Works are not dated; subject matter is part of a continuous tradition handed down from monk...