Desert Father A Journey in the Wilderness with Saint Anthony

Name: Desert Father A Journey in the Wilderness with Saint Anthony
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ISBN: 9781590302378

ISBN-10: 1590302370

ISBN-13: 9781590302378

Edition: 2006

Authors: James Cowan

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The fourth century monk St Anthony is the archetype of the Christian hermit, immortalised in paintings and stories throughout the Christian world. DESERT FATHER is the account of one man's journey - both forward and outward - in an effort to go beneath the accumulated legends of this strange and renowned figure of the early Church, to discover whether something of what Anthony and his cohorts were about is useful to us in the modern world. The book recounts James Cowan's journey to Mount Colzim in Egypt to the monastery that still exists near the site of Anthony's hermitage. At Mt Colzim, James encounters a modern monk, Lazarus, who lives as a hermit near the site of Anthony's cave. Lazarus…

Book details

List price: $27.95
Copyright year: 2006
Publisher: Shambhala Publications, Incorporated
Publication date: 5/30/2006
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 254
Size: 5.44" wide x 8.50" long x 0.50" tall
Weight: 0.638
Language: English