John Cassian and the Reading of Egyptian Monastic Culture
ISBN: 9780415936682
出版社: Routledge
出版年: 2002-2
页数: 160
定价: $ 164.98
装帧: HRD
内容简介
This book examines the method of meditative reading encouraged by John Cassian (c. 360-435) in his ascetic writings, the bulk of which are fictive dialogues that purportedly record the instruction he had received from Egyptian Christian monks. This instruction was at its core an interactive experience, deepening upon both the discernment of the master and diligent application of instruction by the student. Driver examines Cassian's understanding of the act of reading and suggests the implications of this for Cassian's monastic teaching and it interprets Cassian's method of reading in light of contemporary discussions of reading and the self.