Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Introduction Shenoute in the Landscape of Early Christian Asceticism 1
4. 1. Bodily Discipline and Monastic Authority: Shenoute's Earliest Letters to the Monastery 24
5. 2. The Ritualization of the Monastic Body: Shenoute's Rules 54
6. 3. The Church Building as Symbol of Ascetic Renunciation 90
7. 4. Defending the Sanctity of the Body: Shenoute on the Resurrection 126
8. Conclusion 158
9. Notes 163
10. Abbreviations 213
11. Bibliography 215
12. Index 229
13. Acknowledgments 235