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Demons and the making of the monk : spiritual combat in early Christianity / David Brakke.

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author:	Brakke, David
Format:	Book
Language:	English
Published:	Cambridge, Mass. : Harvard University Press, 2006.
Subjects:	Monastic and religious life > Egypt > History > Early church, ca. 30-600. Demonology > Egypt > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600. Spiritual warfare > Egypt > History > To 1500.

Table of Contents:

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
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.