Oneness

"One in Christ" considers the role small-group monastic life plays within the life of the contemporary church. Using a focus on the life, practice and history of the Shepherd's Law community as a starting point, the book broadens the discussion to consider the how such communities negotiate the boundary between the solitary life and life within their community.

Contributions include:

Sarah Foot on Northumbria's long tradition

Peta Dunstan on Monasticism in the 19th Cebtury

Andrew Louth on the Skete

George Guiver on the monastic sacrament in life, liturgy, saints and buildings

Dom Xavier Perrin on Gregorian chant and monastic life

Christopher Irvine and Ralph Pattison on the buildings of Shepherds Law in their context

With an afterword by Rowan Wlliams