Swasti Bhattacharyya is associate professor of philosophy and religion at Buena Vista University in Storm Lake, Iowa. She specializes in environmental ethics, comparative religious ethics, peace studies, Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism, ancient Judaism and early Christianity.

Read a September 2005 Christianity Today article on New Monasticism.

Read an account of the New Monasticism movement in the fall 2005 issue of the journal Divinity from the Duke Divinity School.

A Feb. 18, 2005, New York Times article describes an Eastern Catholic Maronite monastery in Massachusetts that offers spiritual retreats. The story also has links to other monasteries around the country that open their doors to the public for spiritual retreats.

Read a Jan. 16, 2005, Boston Globe article on a religious retreat in Tucson, Ariz.

The Prayer Foundation has a history of New Monasticism and its roots.

The Lindisfarne Community is a neomonastic network that offers various links and an FAQ on the movement.

The Simple Way is a New Monasticism movement based in Philadelphia.