Driver John Cassian and the Reading of Egyptian Monastic Culture

Erscheinungsjahr 2013
ISBN: 978-1-136-70797-1
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 166 Seiten

Reihe: Studies in Medieval History and Culture

This book examines the method of meditative reading encouraged by John Cassian (c. 360-435) in his ascetic writings, the bulk of which are fictive dialogues that purportedly record the instruction he had received from Egyptial Christian monks. This instruction was at its core an interactive experience, depending upon both the discernment of the master and diligent application of instruction by the student. Driver examines Cassian's understanding of the act of reading and suggests the implications of this for Cassian's monastic teaching and it interprets Cassian's method of reading in light of contemporary discussions of reading and the self.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Driver, Steven D.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Literaturwissenschaft Literaturwissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Preface

Introduction

John Cassian
Stories and Histories of Early Egyptian Monasticism
Western Perceptions of Egyptian Monasticism

Literary Structure and Monastic Praxis

Implications for Praxis: A Reconsideration of the Solitary Life

Implications for Theoria: Reading, Interiority and the Transfiguration of the Self

Bibliography