Shenoute & the Women of the White Monastery: Egyptian Monasticism in Late Antiquity

Shenoute & the Women of the White Monastery: Egyptian Monasticism in Late Antiquity
ISBN-10
0195129431
ISBN-13
9780195129434
Category
Religion
Pages
248
Language
English
Published
2002
Publisher
Oxford University Press on Demand
Author
Rebecca Krawiec

Description

"Shenoute was able to have these two apparently incompatible views of the role of gender in monasticism co-exist in part because he structured the monastery as a family, idealized by its ascetic values. Krawiec shows that in this way Shenoute was able to combine egalitarian rhetoric and patriarchal structures. Krawiec concludes by examining how Shenoute's creation of the monastic community as a family affected female monks who had kin alongside them in the monastery."--BOOK JACKET.

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