Demons and the Making of the Monk : Spiritual Combat in Early Christianity / David BRAKKE.
BRAKKE, David, author.
2009
BR190 -- B68 2006eb
Available Online

Linked e-resources

Linked Resource
Online Access

Details

Title
Demons and the Making of the Monk : Spiritual Combat in Early Christianity / David BRAKKE.
Author
BRAKKE, David, author.
ISBN
9780674028654
DOI
https://doi.org/10.4159/9780674028654
Published
Cambridge, MA : Harvard University Press, [2009]
Copyright
©2006
Language
English
Language Note
In English.
Description
1 online resource
Item Number
10.4159/9780674028654 doi
Call Number
BR190 -- B68 2006eb
Alternate Call Number
BO 2560
Dewey Decimal Classification
271/.009/015
Summary
In this finely written study of demonology and Christian spirituality in fourth- and fifth-century Egypt, David Brakke examines how the conception of the monk as a holy and virtuous being was shaped by the combative encounter with demons. Drawing on biographies of exceptional monks, collections of monastic sayings and stories, letters from ascetic teachers to their disciples, sermons, and community rules, Brakke crafts a compelling picture of the embattled religious celibate.
Access Note
Access limited to authorized users.
System Details Note
Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
Digital File Characteristics
text file PDF
Source of Description
Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 08. Jul 2019)
In
HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2013
HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2014
HUP eBook Package Backlist 2000-2015
Linked Resources
Online Access
Record Appears in
Online Resources > Ebooks
All Resources
Frontmatter
Acknowledgments
Contents
I. The Monk in Combat
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
II. War Stories
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
Abbreviations Notes Selected Bibliography Index
Abbreviations
Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

Browse Subjects

Show more subjects...

Statistics

from
to
Export