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2. The Ritualization of the Monastic Body: Shenoute's Rules

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
Monastic Bodies
This chapter is in the book Monastic Bodies
https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812203387.54

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
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