Desert Christians An Introduction to the Literature of Early Monasticism

Name: Desert Christians An Introduction to the Literature of Early Monasticism
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ISBN: 9780195162233

ISBN-10: 0195162234

ISBN-13: 9780195162233

Edition: 2004

Authors: William Harmless

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In the fourth century, the deserts of Egypt became the nerve center of a radical new movement, what we now call monasticism. Groups of Christians-from illiterate peasants to learned intellectuals-moved out to the wastelands beyond the Nile Valley and, in the famous words of Saint Athanasius, made the desert a city. In so doing, they captured the imagination of the ancient world. They forged techniques of prayer and asceticism, of discipleship and spiritual direction, that have remained central to Christianity ever since. Seeking to map the soul's long journey to God and plot out the subtle vagaries of the human heart, they created and inspired texts that became classics of Western…

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List price: $64.00
Copyright year: 2004
Publisher: Oxford University Press, Incorporated
Publication date: 6/17/2004
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 512
Size: 9.09" wide x 6.10" long x 1.18" tall
Weight: 1.848
Language: English




The world of early monasticism



Roman Egypt



Patriarchs, councils, and controversies : 300-451



Antony and Pachomius



The Life of Antony : text and context



The Life of Antony : themes and influence



Pachomius



The desert fathers



The Apophthegmata Patrum : text and context



The Apophthegmata Patrum : portraits



The Apophthegmata Patrum : themes



The histories



Monastic theologians



Evagrius Ponticus : ascetical theory



Evagrius Ponticus : mystical theology



John Cassian



Reflections



Monastic origins : perspectives, discoveries, and disputed questions