Dr. Beverly Lanzetta is a theologian, contemplative scholar, interfaith chaplain, and teacher of new traditions of contemplative wisdom.

My deepest experience of silence is interior. Silence is a state of being, a state of interior contemplation. — Dr. Beverly Lanzetta

Dr. Lanzetta is also a vowed monk of peace living in the world, who has formed a community of new monks—single, married, partnered, celibate, etc.—dedicated to the universal mystical heart and to the spirituality of nonviolence. She mentors  people who seek a deeper contemplative commitment and who wish to take personal monastic vows. She has taught theology at Villanova University, Prescott College, and Grinnell College.

Silence is a very dynamic place; it’s not static, it’s a place of great creativity, of presence. That’s where I feel very happy, when I’m in that energy. — Dr. Beverly Lanzetta

• Beverly Lanzetta, Radical Wisdom: A Feminist Mystical Theology
• Beverly Lanzetta, Emerging Heart: Global Spirituality and the Sacred
• Beverly Lanzetta, Nine Jewels of Night: One Soul’s Journey into God
• Beverly Lanzetta, The Monk Within: Embracing a Sacred Way of Life
• Beverly Lanzetta, Foundations in Spiritual Direction: Sharing the Sacred Across Traditions
• Beverly Lanzetta, A New Silence: Spiritual Practices and Formation for the Monk Within
• Thomas Merton, New Seeds of Contemplation
• Evelyn Underhill, Mysticism: A Study in the Nature and Development of Spiritual Consciousness
• Pierre Teilhard de Chardin, The Divine Milieu
• St. Teresa of Ávila, The Book of My Life