TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brakke,David
TI  - Demons and the making of the monk: spiritual combat in early Christianity 
AV  - BR190 .B68 2006
U1  - 271/.009/015 22
PY  - 2006///
CY  - Cambridge, Mass.
PB  - Harvard University Press
KW  - Monastic and religious life
KW  - Egypt
KW  - History
KW  - Early church, ca. 30-600
KW  - Demonology
KW  - History of doctrines
KW  - Spiritual warfare
KW  - To 1500
KW  - Vie religieuse et monastique
KW  - Égypte
KW  - Histoire
KW  - ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
KW  - Dm̌onologie
KW  - Enseignement patristique
KW  - Combat spirituel
KW  - Jusqu' ̉1500
N1  - 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
ER  -