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 |
![]() | VII John of Ephesus: Asceticism and Society |
• | Contrasts in Hagiography |
• | Hagiography and History |
![]() | Notes |
Abbreviations |
![]() | Bibliography |
![]() | Index |