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Monasteries and the Care of Souls in Late Antique Christianity

Cognition and Discipline

By: Paul C. Dilley

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Monasteries and the Care of Souls in Late Antique Christianity

Cognition and Discipline

By: Paul C. Dilley

In Monasteries and the Care of Souls in Late Antique Christianity, Paul C. Dilley explores the personal practices and group rituals through which the thoughts of monastic disciples were monitored and trained to purify the mind and help them achieve salvation. Dilley draws widely on the interdisciplinary field of cognitive studies, especially anthropology, in his analysis of key monastic 'cognitive disciplines', such as meditation on scripture, the fear of God, and prayer. In addition, various rituals distinctive to communal monasticism, including entrance procedures, the commemoration of founders, and collective repentance, are given their first extended analysis. Participants engaged in 'heart-work' on their thoughts and emotions, which were understood to reflect the community's spiritual state. This book will be of interest to scholars of early Christianity and the ancient world more generally for its detailed description of communal monastic culture and its innovative methodology.

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The Chapters of the Wisdom of My Lord Mani

Part III: Pages 343-442 (Chapters 321-347)

By: Iain Gardner,Jason D. Beduhn,Paul Dilley

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The Chapters of the Wisdom of My Lord Mani

Part III: Pages 343-442 (Chapters 321-347)

By: Iain Gardner,Jason D. Beduhn,Paul Dilley

The Chapters of the Wisdom of My Lord Mani, a Coptic papyrus codex preserved at the Chester Beatty Library in Dublin, describes Mani’s mission, teachings and debates with sages in the courts of the Sasanian empire during the reign of Shapur I; with an extended account of his last days and death under Bahram I. The text offers an unprecedented new source for the history of religions in Late Antiquity, including interactions of Manichaean, Zoroastrian, Christian, Jewish, and Buddhist traditions in Iran, remarkably transmitted into the Mediterranean world as part of Manichaean missionary literature. This is the first of four fascicles constituting the editio princeps, based on enhanced digital and multispectral imaging and extended autoptic study of the manuscript.

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Monasteries and the Care of Souls in Late Antique Christianity

Cognition and Discipline

By: Paul C. Dilley

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Monasteries and the Care of Souls in Late Antique Christianity

Monasteries and the Care of Souls in Late Antique Christianity

The Chapters of the Wisdom of My Lord Mani

The Chapters of the Wisdom of My Lord Mani

Monasteries and the Care of Souls in Late Antique Christianity

Monasteries and the Care of Souls in Late Antique Christianity

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