Description:
Essays offer investigations into early Christian ascetic rhetoric and practice as well as ample self-reflection on contemporary scholarly interpretation of primary source data.
Brief description:
Robin Darling Young is associate professor of theology and religious studies at Catholic University of America.
Review Quotes:
"Philip Rousseau has been a pioneer in the renewed study of asceticism and monasticism in ancient Christianity. In this exciting volume, leading historians provide cutting-edge studies of early Christian ascetic culture in its literary, social, and imaginative dimensions. The essays here consistently match the excellence of Rousseau's own scholarship, and together they make an essential collection for anyone interested in the early church, asceticism, and approaches to the history of Christianity." --David Brakke, Joe R. Engle Chair in the History of Christianity, The Ohio State University