Demons and the Making of the Monk : : Spiritual Combat in Early Christianity / / David BRAKKE.
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 m...
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Place / Publishing House: | Cambridge, MA : : Harvard University Press, , [2009] ©2006 |
Year of Publication: | 2009 |
Language: | English |
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