Demons and the Making of the Monk : Spiritual Combat in Early Christianity /

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In this finely written study of demonology and Christian spirituality in fourth- and fifth-century Egypt, David Brakke examines how the conception of the monk as a holy and virtuous being was shaped by the combative encounter with demons. Drawing on biographies of exceptional monks, collections of m...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: BRAKKE, David (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]
Temas:
Demonology > Egypt > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Monastic and religious life > Egypt > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Spiritual warfare > Egypt > History > To 1500.
RELIGION / Christianity / General.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Frontmatter
  • Acknowledgments
  • Contents
  • I. The Monk in Combat
  • 1. The Single One: The Monk against the Demons
  • 2. The New Martyr and Holy Man: Athanasius of Alexandria's Life of Antony
  • 3. The Gnostic: Evagrius Ponticus
  • 4. The Vigilant Brother: Pachomius and the Pachomian Koinonia
  • 5. The Prophet: Shenoute and the White Monastery
  • II. War Stories
  • 6. "The Holy and Great Fathers": Monks, Demons, and Storytelling
  • 7. Ethiopian Demons: The Monastic Self and the Diabolical Other
  • 8. Manly Women, Female Demons, and Other Amazing Sights: Gender in Combat
  • 9. From Gods to Demons: Making Monks, Making Christians
  • Afterword: The Inner Battle
  • Abbreviations Notes Selected Bibliography Index
  • Abbreviations
  • Notes
  • Selected Bibliography
  • Index

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