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

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006.Description: ix, 308 p. ; 25 cmISBN:
  • 9780674018754
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 271/.009/015 22
LOC classification:
  • BR190 .B68 2006
Contents:
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
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-294) and index.

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

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