The Love of Learning and The Desire for God
A Study of Monastic Culture
Fordham University Press
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The Love of Learning and the Desire for God is composed of a series of lectures given to young monks at the Institute of Monastic Studies at Sant'Anselmo in Rome during the winter of 1955-56.
One of the most remarkable general studies in this field.—Speculum
Jean LeClercq, OSB was a Benedictine monk, and author of a classic study on Lectio Divina and the history of inter-monastic dialogue.