Chittister, Joan

Three religious leaders from the Jewish, Muslim, and Christian faith present the teaching of the Torah, Quran, and the Bible including the story of Abraham from all three texts.

Presents a guide to living a meaningful spiritual life in the center of the chaos of the twenty-first century, based on the ancient Rule of Benedict developed by Benedict of Nursia, the sixth-century founder of communal monasticism in the Western world.

Sister Joan Chittister writes from the perspective of decades of deep involvement in religious life. She writes about religious life in the here and now, not about the value of its past nor about the possible shape of its future, asking a simple question: What, if anything, constitutes the spirituality of contemporary religious life? What is the work of religious life now? What are the virtues demanded of religious now that take character and test commitment, that make the world closer to the reign of God and bring a person closer to the Truth of life?.