Athanasius and Asceticism

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David Brakke

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The early Christian Church faced a crisis during the 4th century as many of its follower eagerly shunned all wordly comforts and embraced asceticism as a means to achieve divine grace. How could the Church accept and admire these ascetics and at the same time sustain congregations of families whose well-being, propagation and generosity assured the future of the Church? Athanasius, Bishop of Alexandria, is given credit in this work for successfully establishing a set of practices and influencing a number of communities - the extraordinary monasteries of Christian Egypt - that reconciled this world and the next.

Author Biography:

David Brakke is an associate professor of religious studies at Indiana University.

Release date Australia

February 4th, 1999

Author

David Brakke

Audiences

Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Professional & Vocational
Undergraduate

Pages

376

Dimensions

152x229x21

ISBN-13

9780801860553

Product ID

2332146

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