From the earliest centuries of the church, asceticism and the contemplative life have been profoundly important aspects of western Christianity. And in assessing the glories of western civilization, perhaps the best place to start is within medieval monastic institutions, not ou…
Prosopographia asceticarum aegyptiarum
by Albarrán Martínez, María Jesús
fromColección Dvctvs
Volume 1: "Christianity and monasticism have flourished along the Nile Valley in the Sohag region of Upper Egypt from as early as the fourth century until the present day. The contributors to this volume, international specialists in Coptology from around the world, examine vari…
Enth.: (1): Chapitres I-IX ; (2): Chapitres X-XVI ; (3): Chapitres XVII-XXI.
Work and worship at the Theotokos Evergetis, 1050-1200: papers of the fourth Belfast Byzantine Internatio…
by Belfast Byzantine International Colloquium, Portaferry, Northern Ireland), Mullett, Margaret, Kirby, Anthony, Belfast Byzantine Enterprises
fromBelfast Byzantine texts and translations
The book intends to grasp the meaning of upasaka / upasika or Buddhist laity in Digha- and Majjhima-nikaya of the Pali canon. Considering the texts as oral literature, the author examines and interprets the structure and stock phrases constructing the narrative with a theory of …
"The Latin Presence in the Levant before 1097 The Western Church and the Orthodox hierarchy. In the early Christian centuries the Latin Church of the West had formed part of a single communion with the Orthodox Churches of the East. The most important religious leaders in the la…
Darlene L. Brooks Hedstrom offers a new history of the field of Egyptian monastic archaeology. It is the first study in English to trace how scholars identified a space or site as monastic within the Egyptian landscape and how such identifications impacted perceptions of monasti…