Demons and the making of the monk : spiritual combat in early Christianity / David Brakke.
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TextPublication details: Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006.Description: ix, 308 p. ; 25 cmISBN: - 9780674018754
- Monastic and religious life -- Egypt -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600
- Demonology -- Egypt -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600
- Spiritual warfare -- Egypt -- History -- To 1500
- Vie religieuse et monastique -- Égypte -- Histoire -- ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
- Dm̌onologie -- Égypte -- Enseignement patristique
- Combat spirituel -- Égypte -- Histoire -- Jusqu' ̉1500
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- BR190 .B68 2006
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| 271 NIGG Het geheim der monniken | 271 WILL The Franciscan revival in the Anglican Communion | 271 WOOD Monasticism, ancient and modern | 271.009015 Demons and the making of the monk : spiritual combat in early Christianity / | 271.009015 Wandering, begging monks : | 271.009015 The emergence of monasticism | 271.009015 Desert Christians |
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