Isabelle Jonveaux is Lecturer in Religious Studies at Private University College of Teacher Education of Graz and at the Catholic University of Linz, Austria. She is the co-editor of Monasticism in Modern Times and The Transformation of Religious Orders in Central and Eastern Europe.

• Introduction 1. Monastic Economy in its Sociological and Historical Context 2. Models of monastic economy: Organisation and sources of revenue 3. Work and prayer in monastic life 4. Integration of economic activity into monastic life: Tensions and solutions 5. Daily life economy: What does monastic poverty mean today? 6. Specificities of female monasteries 7. Monastic products and interactions with the world economy 8. Tourism, visitors, lay people in the monastery 9.Monastic economy and (sustainable) development Conclusion References

Isabelle Jonveaux is Lecturer in Religious Studies at Private University College of Teacher Education of Graz and at the Catholic University of Linz, Austria. She is the co-editor of Monasticism in Modern Times and The Transformation of Religious Orders in Central and Eastern Europe.

• Introduction 1. Monastic Economy in its Sociological and Historical Context 2. Models of monastic economy: Organisation and sources of revenue 3. Work and prayer in monastic life 4. Integration of economic activity into monastic life: Tensions and solutions 5. Daily life economy: What does monastic poverty mean today? 6. Specificities of female monasteries 7. Monastic products and interactions with the world economy 8. Tourism, visitors, lay people in the monastery 9.Monastic economy and (sustainable) development Conclusion References