Asceticism and Society in Crisis
  Acknowledgments
  Preface

 expand sectionIntroduction: John's World
 expand sectionI  "These Holy Images"': John of Ephesus and the Lives of the Eastern Saints
 expand sectionII  "Let your Light so Shine Before Men": The Ascetic Vision
 expand sectionIII  Amida: The Measure of Madness
 expand sectionIV  Purpose and Places
 expand sectionV  Spirituality and Accountability: Consequences of the Ascetic Vow
 expand sectionVI  Some Implications: The Case of Women
 expand sectionVII  John of Ephesus: Asceticism and Society

 collapse sectionNotes
 •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
  Abbreviations
 expand sectionBibliography
 expand sectionIndex
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