ABSTRACT
Little is known of Anglican monasticism, even within the Anglican communion itself, although the work of Dunstan (2003, 2009, 2011), in particular, is to be noted along with Wilkinson (1992) and Stebbing (2003c). Indeed Stebbing’s edited volume bears the subtitle ‘A Well-Kept Secret’ – the descriptor employed by former Archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey (Stebbing 2003a: 6). While most of the chapters in this volume focus particularly on Roman Catholic and Orthodox monasticism, a chapter on Anglican monasticism is worthy of inclusion because of its uniqueness and its inherently Anglo-Catholic foundation owes much of its ecclesiology to the Roman Catholic Church.
