Paul C. Dilley

Monasteries and the Care of Souls in Late Antique Christianity

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Produktbeschreibung

This book explores the personal practices and group rituals for monitoring and training the thoughts of disciples in early Christian monastic communities.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 364
• Erscheinungstermin: 22. Februar 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 24mm
• Gewicht: 678g
• ISBN-13: 9781107184015
• ISBN-10: 1107184010
• Artikelnr.: 48400516

Autorenporträt

Paul C. Dilley is Assistant Professor of Ancient Mediterranean Religions at the University of Iowa and has published widely on early Christianity in Late Antiquity, especially in Egypt and Syria. He is co-editor of the Dublin Kephalaia Codex and co-author of Mani at the Court of the Persian Kings (2014).

Inhaltsangabe

Part I. Evaluating Postulants: Introduction to Part I
1. Discerning motivation I: status and vocation
2. Discerning motivation II: trials of commitment
Part II. Cognitive Disciplines: Introduction to Part II
3. Scriptural exercises and the monastic soundscape: writing on the heart
4. Learning the fear of God
5. Prayer and monastic progress: from demonic temptation to divine revelation
Part III. Collective Heart-Work: Introduction to Part III
6. The lives (and minds) of others: hagiography, cognition, and commemoration
7. Shenoute and the heart of darkness: rituals of collective repentance
Conclusion.