International bureaucracies--highly visible, far-reaching actors of global governance in areas that range from finance to the environment--are often derided as ineffective, inefficient, and unresponsive. Yet despite their prominence in many debates on world politics, little scholarly attention has b[...]

Ruth Burrows is a Carmelite nun, and the author of three outstanding books on prayer - "Essence of Prayer", "Guidelines for Mystical Prayer" and "Interior Castle Explored" (all published by Continuum).This book is her autobiography - the account of a life empty of outward incident after her early ye[...]

There is a seismic shift necessary from being religious to being a true disciple. Here is the contemplative's perspective. It is an abiding sorrow to the author that many faithful religious people, even regular church goers, understand so little of the great truths they so sincerely profess to belie[...]

This best selling author writes particularly for lay people about contemplation and the life of prayer. The message of To Believe in Jesus is heartening, if disconcerting, for it stands a common assumption on its head. The way to holiness is not through dramatic renunciation, and holiness itself is [...]

Når kristne snakker om bønn, synes de å tenke på noe de selv skal gjøre. Sett på denne måten stiller bønnen oss overfor spørsmål, problemer, forvirring, skuffelser og til slutt motløshet. Ruth Burrows insisterer på at troen forsikrer oss om at bønn i virkeligheten er hva Gud gjør - hvo[...]