With attention to changes in the economy, everyday life, organisation and social presence of monastic orders, contributors shed light on the impact of 20th and 21st century social and cultural processes – such as communism and its collapse or the growth of new communication technologies – on life in the cloister.
Bringing together research from various locations in Central and Eastern Europe, it will appeal to scholars and students of sociology, religious studies and theology, with interests in religious orders and transformations of religious life from a social perspective.
Stefania Palmisano is Associate Professor in the Department of Culture, Politics and Society at the University of Turin, Italy, and co-editor of Monasticism in Modern Times.
Isabelle Jonveaux is Lecturer of Religious Studies at the Universities of Graz and Linz, Austria, and co-editor of Monasticism in Modern Times.
Marcin Jewdokimow is Associate Professor in the Faculty of Humanities and acting Head of the Department of 20th and 21st Century Culture in the Institute of Classical and Cultural Studies at Cardinal Stefan Wyszyński University in Warsaw, Poland. He is the co-editor of A Visual Approach to the Study of Religious Orders: Zooming in on Monasteries.