Selected Discourses of Shenoute the Great - Community, Theology, and Social Conflict in Late Antique Egypt (Hardcover)

Shenoute the Great (c.347-465) led one of the largest Christian monastic communities in late antique Egypt and was the greatest native writer of Coptic in history. For approximately eight decades, Shenoute led a federation of three monasteries and emerged as a Christian leader. His public sermons attracted crowds of clergy, monks, and lay people; he advised military and government officials; he worked to ensure that his followers would be faithful to orthodox Christian teaching; and he vigorously and violently opposed paganism and the oppressive treatment of the poor by the rich. This volume presents in translation a selection of his sermons and other orations. These works grant us access to the theology, rhetoric, moral teachings, spirituality, and social agenda of a powerful Christian leader during a period of great religious and social change in the later Roman Empire.

General

Imprint:	Cambridge UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	December 2015
Editors:	David Brakke • Andrew Crislip
Dimensions:	235 x 158 x 21mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	338
ISBN-13:	978-1-107-02256-0
Categories:	Books > Humanities > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Orthodox Churches Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian communities & monasticism Books > History > World history > BCE to 500 CE Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian communities & monasticism Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Orthodox Churches Books > Christianity > Christian institutions & organizations > Christian communities & monasticism Books > Christianity > Christian theology Books > Christianity > Orthodox Churches Promotions
LSN:	1-107-02256-8
Barcode:	9781107022560

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