New Book: "A Monastic Vision for the 21st Century"

Monasticism is in an exciting and challenging period of change. Roman Catholic, Orthodox, and Anglican communities and orders are wrestling with the purpose, nature, and direction of our lives. Are we relevant? Does it matter? How can we maintain a prophetic witness to the Gospel and also offer comfort and encouragement? This book of twelve essays by monks, nuns, and "seculars" offers some themes and possible directions for the future of religious life in the West.
This book can be interesting to those whose exposure to monasticism is only through a retreat because the themes raised speak to the nature of the Church as a whole as well as to the unique and peculiar part of the church known as monastic.