Monasteries and the care of souls in late antique Christianity cognition and discipline

Evaluating postulants -- Discerning motivation I: status and vocation -- Discerning motivation II: trials of commitment -- Cognitive disciplines -- Scriptural exercises and the monastic soundscape: writing on the heart -- Learning the fear of God -- Prayer and monastic progress: from demonic temptat...

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1. Verfasser: Dilley, Paul C. (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:eng
Veröffentlicht: Cambridge, New York, Port Melbourne, Delhi, Singapore Cambridge University Press 2017
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Zusammenfassung:Evaluating postulants -- Discerning motivation I: status and vocation -- Discerning motivation II: trials of commitment -- Cognitive disciplines -- Scriptural exercises and the monastic soundscape: writing on the heart -- Learning the fear of God -- Prayer and monastic progress: from demonic temptation to divine revelation -- Collective heart-work -- The lives (and minds) of others: hagiography, cognition, and commemoration -- Shenoute and the heart of darkness: rituals of collective repentance
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index
Beschreibung:xii, 350 Seiten
23 cm
ISBN:9781107184015
978-1-107-18401-5