Desert Christians: An Introduction to the Literature of Early Monasticism by William Harmless

Desert Christians: An Introduction to the Literature of Early Monasticism

William Harmless

512 pages first pub 2004 (editions)

nonfiction history religion informative medium-paced
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In the fourth century, the deserts of Egypt became the nerve center of a radical new movement, what we now call monasticism. Groups of Christians-from illiterate peasants to learned intellectuals-moved out to the wastelands beyond the Nile Valley ...

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