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Demons and the making of the monk : spiritual combat in early Christianity /

Demons--whether in embodied form or as inward temptation--make vivid appearances in early Christian monastic literature. 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 virtuo...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Brakke, David
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, ©2006.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • 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
  • 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.