All Christians Are Monks - George Guiver

By Rev Dr Robert Jaggs-Fowler2024-09-27T14:56:00

The title of this book is paradoxically challenging. However, it is meant to be ironic. George Guiver writes: “What I want to show is that women and men who live and work in religious communities have something life-giving to share with contemporary Christians”.

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