| Asceticism and Society in Crisis |
| Acknowledgments |
| Preface |
 | Introduction: John's World |
| I "These Holy Images"': John of Ephesus and the Lives of the Eastern Saints |
| II "Let your Light so Shine Before Men": The Ascetic Vision |
| III Amida: The Measure of Madness |
| IV Purpose and Places |
| V Spirituality and Accountability: Consequences of the Ascetic Vow |
 | VI Some Implications: The Case of Women |
| • | Women, the Early Church, and the Syrian Orient |
| • | John's Lives: Sixth-Century Patterns |
| • | John's Holy Women: Women of Spirit |
| • | John and Women: Implications of a Vision |
| VII John of Ephesus: Asceticism and Society |
| Notes |
| Abbreviations |
| Bibliography |
| Index |