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Availability:In StockContributor:Jason ByasseeSeries:Cascade CompanionsPublish date:2007-08-15Pages:130
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cascade BooksISBN-13:9781597525305ISBN-10:1597525308UPC:9781597525305Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Christian Theology, Christian Church, Christian LivingBook Topic:History, Social IssuesSize:8.08 x 5.29 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.4211Product ID:SCMEGM8T2P
The desert fathers wanted to get away from a church co-opted by empire and a Christian faith grown cold and listless. They retreated to the desert to do battle against demons and against their own worst desires. They had no intention of being famous; yet ironically their Sayings have inspired millions of imitators over the centuries. This guide is meant to accompany a reading of the Sayings of the Desert Fathers, in hopes that readers with lives quite different than those third- and fourth-century dwellers of the Egyptian desert might nevertheless come to imitate their lives of poverty, chastity, and obedience; and more importantly, that readers might grow more imaginative and passionate in their following of the same Lord.
Language:EnglishPublisher:Cascade BooksISBN-13:9781597525305ISBN-10:1597525308UPC:9781597525305Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Christian Theology, Christian Church, Christian LivingBook Topic:History, Social IssuesSize:8.08 x 5.29 x 0.30 inchesWeight:0.4211Product ID:SCMEGM8T2P
Jason Byassee received his PhD in theology from Duke University and is currently Assistant Editor at The Christian Century, where he has won numerous awards for excellence in journalism. He is author of two forthcoming volumes: Praise Seeking Understanding (Eerdmans) and An Introduction to the Desert Fathers (Cascade Books). He has been invited to teach courses on Augustine to undergraduates, seminarians, and graduate students at Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, North Park Theological Seminary, and Wheaton College.
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