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December 2025

Do the Heavenly-minded save the world by accident?

Did the rule of St Benedict really save the world? Which world was saved? And from what?

Dec 18, 2025 • The Passio Project and David Benjamin Blower

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The Abbot and the Priest

A further look into the Rule of St Benedict reveals both an idealistic and wary stance towards authority and the figures who wield it.

Dec 11, 2025 • The Passio Project and David Benjamin Blower

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St Benedict's Three Ingredients

St Benedict may be relatively well-known, in theory, for a historical figure of his ilk; but what does his Rule of Life actually contain?

Dec 5, 2025 • The Passio Project and David Benjamin Blower

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The world of St Benedict

A first step into the monastic Rule that has become something of a standard in the modern era, a short-hand for monasticism in general.

Dec 3, 2025 • The Passio Project and David Benjamin Blower

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November 2025

The Gospel of Dignity: Van Gogh's Black Boots

Vanessa Chamberlin describes finding the 'Gospel', the good news, in the fight for dignity and care.

Nov 26, 2025 • The Passio Project and Vanessa Chamberlin

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St Augustine's Exceptions

The necessary paradox of every hierarchical power structure is this: that the person in charge has at least a toe outside the law.

Nov 12, 2025 • The Passio Project and David Benjamin Blower

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Rules, Laws, what's the difference?

Is a Rule of Life more or less a microcosm of state law? Or is it more like an art form, that transfigures life into something truly 'other'?

Nov 4, 2025 • The Passio Project and David Benjamin Blower

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October 2025

Everything withers without mercy

In order to stay vital, a Rule of Life keeps trapdoors in every room.

Oct 21, 2025 • The Passio Project and David Benjamin Blower

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David Mann: "People in East London were considered expendable."

David Mann talks with FaithJustice host Matthew Neville about his life in London, and the history of resistance to the Arms Trade.

Oct 16, 2025 • The Passio Project

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Obedience as a virtue

Did the 'vow of obedience' appear with the first monastic Rule of Life? What of the wild, autonomous spirit of obedience among the hermits?

Oct 3, 2025 • The Passio Project and David Benjamin Blower

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September 2025

Gains and losses in the first Rule of Life

Some things get lost in the first monastic Rule of Life; but the associated gains are pretty compelling.

Sep 9, 2025 • The Passio Project and David Benjamin Blower

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