1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910457417003321

Titolo

The Black studies reader / / Jacqueline Bobo, Cynthia Hudley, Claudine Michel, editors

Pubbl/distr/stampa

New York : , : Routledge, , 2004

ISBN

1-135-94257-9

1-280-10537-2

0-203-60405-9

0-203-49134-3

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (501 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

BoboJacqueline

HudleyCynthia

MichelClaudine

Disciplina

305.896/073

Soggetti

African Americans - Study and teaching

African Americans - History

African Americans - Social conditions

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. [473]) and index.

Nota di contenuto

BOOK COVER; TITLE; COPYRIGHT; CONTENTS;

Sommario/riassunto

With an all-star cast of contributors, the Black Studies Reader takes on the history and future of this multi-faceted academic field.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910454924903321

Autore

Brakke David

Titolo

Demons and the making of the monk [[electronic resource] ] : spiritual combat in early Christianity / / David Brakke

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : Harvard University Press, 2006

ISBN

0-674-02865-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (323 p.)

Classificazione

BO 2560

Disciplina

271/.009/015

Soggetti

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

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 251-294) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Frontmatter -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- I. The Monk in Combat -- 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 -- II. War Stories -- 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 -- Abbreviations Notes Selected Bibliography Index -- Abbreviations -- Notes -- Selected Bibliography -- Index

Sommario/riassunto

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 with demons. Drawing on biographies of exceptional monks, collections of monastic sayings and stories, letters from ascetic teachers to their disciples, sermons, and community rules, Brakke crafts a compelling picture of the embattled religious celibate.