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ⓘ About Christine Valters Paintner
While growing up in New York City, The Cloisters was one of her favorite places. It was a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the northern tip of Manhattan. The place is a reproduction of a medieval monastery with a cloistered garden, glorious arches, unicorn tapestries, and a stunning view of the Hudson. It was the aesthetic dimension of monastic life that captured her imagination long before she understood anything at all about its religious side. Christine’s spiritual roots are in Catholicism with a special love for the sacramental imagination, commitment to radical justice, and mystical love. Later in life, when she was studying Christian spirituality in grad school, she fell in love with the great twelfth century Benedictine Abbess, Hildegard of Bingen.
All Book Series by Christine Valters Paintner
Water, Wind, Earth & Fire
Latest in the series · book 18 of 18 · published 2010
Moving House
Series opener · book 1 of 22 · published 2009 Anthology · Angela Alaimo O'Donnell
What Will Soon Take Place
Book 3 of 22 · published 2018 Anthology · Tania Runyan
Amounting to Nothing
Book 8 of 22 · published 2019 Anthology · Br. Paul Quenon OCSO
Pilgrim, You Find the Path by Walking
Book 9 of 22 · published 2019 Anthology · Jeanne Murray Walker
Wing Over Wing
Book 13 of 22 · published 2019 Anthology · Julie Cadwallader Staub
Exploring this Terrain
Book 16 of 22 · published 2020 Anthology · Margaret B. Ingraham
Flying Yellow
Book 20 of 22 · published 2021 Anthology · Suzanne Underwood Rhodes
Love in the Time of Coronavirus
Book 21 of 22 · published 2021 Anthology · Angela Alaimo O'Donnell
Cornered by the Dark
Latest in the series · book 22 of 22 · published 2022 Anthology · Harold J. Recinos
What Will Soon Take Place
Single-title series · published 2018 Anthology · Tania Runyan
? Frequently Asked Questions
Who is Christine Valters Paintner?
While growing up in New York City, The Cloisters was one of her favorite places. It was a branch of the Metropolitan Museum of Art on the northern tip of Manhattan. The place is a reproduction of a medieval monastery with a cloistered garden, glorious arches, unicorn tapestries, and a stunning view of the Hudson.
Which Christine Valters Paintner series should I start with?
The best place to start is the Christine Valters Paintner Religion series, the earliest of Christine Valters Paintner's multi-book series: it opens with Lectio Divina the Sacred Art (2008) and runs to 18 books across 2008–2026, ending with Water, Wind, Earth & Fire (2010). Christine Valters Paintner's other series stand alone, so they can be read in any order.
How many books has Christine Valters Paintner written?
Christine Valters Paintner has 45 books catalogued in this guide, published between 2008 and 2027. Every one of them sits in one of 4 named series — the largest being the Paraclete Poetry series with 22 books.
In what order should Christine Valters Paintner's series be read?
Read each series in publication order — the numbered entries in each series follow the year each book first appeared. Christine Valters Paintner's series do not depend on one another, so they can be started in any order; by start date they are Christine Valters Paintner Religion (2008–2026, 18 books), Paraclete Poetry (2009–2022, 22 books) and Paraclete Poetry (2018, 1 book), plus 1 more.
How are Christine Valters Paintner's books organised into series?
This guide splits Christine Valters Paintner's 45 books into 4 named series, with no standalone titles: Paraclete Poetry (22 books, 2009–2022); Christine Valters Paintner Religion (18 books, 2008–2026); Journeys of Breath (4 books, 2021–2027); Paraclete Poetry (1 book, 2018).