Desert Christians: An Introduction to the Literature of Early Monasticism

DOWNLOADDesert Christians: An Introduction to the Literature of Early Monasticism by William Harmless In the fourth century, the deserts of Egypt became the nerve center of a radical new movement, what we now call monasticism. Groups of Christians-from illiterate peasants to learned intellectuals-moved out to the wastelands beyond the Nile Valley and, in the famous words of Saint Athanasius, made