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Thomas Aquinas and the Qualification of Monastic Labor

open access: yesReligions
Early monastic communities in Egypt were veritable laboratories for the practice of Christian virtue; perhaps surprisingly, they were also large-scale coordinated communities of labor.
Jeffrey Hanson
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From Mounds to Monasteries: A Look at Spiro and Other Centers Through The Use of Metaphor [PDF]

open access: yes, 2006
Previous study of the extensive and elaborate funerary offerings at the Spiro site have explained their presence by an exchange system with Spiro functioning as a gateway center.
Brooks, Robert L.
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From desert fathers to Ghanaian pilgrims: Sacred space and ecology at Abeisua mountain

open access: yesVerbum et Ecclesia
The heaps of waste generated at prayer sites in Ghana lead to questions about whether patrons of these sites go to feast or worship. It is paradoxical when compared to the habits of early Christian monks and nuns who paid considerable attention to their ...
Kwaku Boamah
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