Top Five Books on Desert Spirituality
Jennifer Hevelone-Harper is associate professor and chair of history at Gordon College,
Here are her 5 selections from ChristianHistory.net
| The Desert Fathers: Sayings of the Early Christian Monks |
| Athanasius : The Life of Antony and the Letter To Marcellinus |
| Harlots of the Desert: A Study of Repentance in Early Monastic Sources |
| The Desert Fathers on Monastic Community |
| Barsanuphius and John of Gaza: Letters (The Fathers of the Church), 2 Volumes |
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What do you think? Any other suggestions?
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Labels: Desert Fathers and Mothers
1 Comments:
Hi Alex, great booklist! I hadn't heard of some of these titles. Over at The Night Shift (which is basically a radical political blog) we're considering how their spiritual lessons - especially as portrayed by Rowan Williams - could inform our approach to blogging and commenting.
http://thenightshifts.wordpress.com/2010/03/03/dying-to-ones-neighbour/
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