Demons and the Making of the Monk: Spiritual Combat in Early Christianity by David Brakke

Demons and the Making of the Monk: Spiritual Combat in Early Christianity

David Brakke

308 pages • first pub 2006 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative slow-paced
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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 examine...

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