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Demons and the Making of the Monk: Spiritual Combat in Early Christianity
Demons and the Making of the Monk Spiritual Combat in Early Christianity
Author: David Brakke
Demons--whether in embodied form or as inward temptation--make vivid appearances in early Christian monastic literature. 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 ...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780674018754
ISBN-10: 0674018753
Publication Date: 1/30/2006
Pages: 322
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Publisher: Harvard University Press
Book Type: Hardcover
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