Ascetic culture : essays in honor of Philip Rousseau / edited by Blake Leyerle and Robin Darling Young.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Rousseau, Philip.

Leyerle, Blake, 1960-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asceticism--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Asceticism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (432 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Notre Dame, Indiana : University of Notre Dame, 2013.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Essays offer investigations into early Christian ascetic rhetoric and practice as well as ample self-reflection on contemporary scholarly interpretation of primary source data.

Contents:

""Contents""; ""Abbreviations""; ""Introduction""; ""Part I: Books as Guides""; ""Chapter 1: Pachomius and the Mystery of the Letters""; ""Chapter 2: Writing Rules and Quoting Scripture in Early Coptic Monastic Texts""; ""Chapter 3: The Life of Antony in Egypt""; ""Chapter 4: Apologetics of Asceticism""; ""Chapter 5: The Memory Palace of Marcellinus""; ""Part II: Disciplines and Arenas""; ""Chapter 6: From the Pillar to the Prison""; ""Chapter 7: Cassian, Cognition, and the Common Life""; ""Chapter 8: Gender, Eros, and Pedagogy""

""Chapter 9: Waiting for Theodosius, or The Ascetic and the City""""Part III: Landscapes (with Figures)""; ""Chapter 10: Remembering for Eternity""; ""Chapter 11: Xeniteia According to Evagrius of Pontus""; ""Chapter 12: Adam, Eve, and the Elephants""; ""Chapter 13: The Consolation of Nature""; ""Part IV: Founding the Field""; ""Chapter 14: Adolf Harnack and the Paleontological Layer of Church History""; ""Chapter 15: From East to West""; ""Select Publications of Philip Rousseau""; ""Bibliography""; ""Contributors""; ""Index""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-268-08582-X

OCLC:

867741129