David Brakke is professor and chair of the Department of Religious Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences of Indiana University. He studied ancient Christianity at Harvard Divinity School and Yale University. Brakke is the author of Athanasius and Asceticism and Demons and the Making of the Monk: Spiritual Combat in Early Christianity, and he edits the Journal of Early Christian Studies.

• ContentsAcknowledgments   ixIntroduction   1Note on Texts and Translations   41Loukios, Letter to Evagrius   45Evagrius, Letter 4   47TALKING BACKPROLOGUE   49FIRST BOOKAgainst the Thoughts of Gluttony   53SECOND BOOKAgainst the Thoughts of Fornication   69THIRD BOOKConcerning Love of Money   85FOURTH BOOKConcerning the Thoughts of the Demon of Sadness   99FIFTH BOOKAgainst the Demon of Anger   119 SIXTH BOOKAgainst the Thoughts of the Demon of Listlessness   133SEVENTH BOOKAgainst the Thoughts from the Demon of Vainglory   147EIGHTH BOOKAgainst the Cursed Thoughts of Pride   159Bibliography   175Index of Scripture Passages Used as Responses   181Index of Scripture Passages Excluding Those Used as Responses   189

"This work makes available to the English readership a work that not only offers a fuller appreciation of the spirituality of Evagrius and his psychology but provides as well a more concrete understanding of the psychology and struggles of the early monks in the Egyptian desert."Cistercian Studies Quarterly

David Brakke is professor and chair of the Department of Religious Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences of Indiana University. He studied ancient Christianity at Harvard Divinity School and Yale University. Brakke is the author of Athanasius and Asceticism and Demons and the Making of the Monk: Spiritual Combat in Early Christianity, and he edits the Journal of Early Christian Studies.

• ContentsAcknowledgments   ixIntroduction   1Note on Texts and Translations   41Loukios, Letter to Evagrius   45Evagrius, Letter 4   47TALKING BACKPROLOGUE   49FIRST BOOKAgainst the Thoughts of Gluttony   53SECOND BOOKAgainst the Thoughts of Fornication   69THIRD BOOKConcerning Love of Money   85FOURTH BOOKConcerning the Thoughts of the Demon of Sadness   99FIFTH BOOKAgainst the Demon of Anger   119 SIXTH BOOKAgainst the Thoughts of the Demon of Listlessness   133SEVENTH BOOKAgainst the Thoughts from the Demon of Vainglory   147EIGHTH BOOKAgainst the Cursed Thoughts of Pride   159Bibliography   175Index of Scripture Passages Used as Responses   181Index of Scripture Passages Excluding Those Used as Responses   189

"This work makes available to the English readership a work that not only offers a fuller appreciation of the spirituality of Evagrius and his psychology but provides as well a more concrete understanding of the psychology and struggles of the early monks in the Egyptian desert."Cistercian Studies Quarterly

David Brakke is professor and chair of the Department of Religious Studies in the College of Arts and Sciences of Indiana University. He studied ancient Christianity at Harvard Divinity School and Yale University. Brakke is the author of Athanasius and Asceticism and Demons and the Making of the Monk: Spiritual Combat in Early Christianity, and he edits the Journal of Early Christian Studies.

• ContentsAcknowledgments   ixIntroduction   1Note on Texts and Translations   41Loukios, Letter to Evagrius   45Evagrius, Letter 4   47TALKING BACKPROLOGUE   49FIRST BOOKAgainst the Thoughts of Gluttony   53SECOND BOOKAgainst the Thoughts of Fornication   69THIRD BOOKConcerning Love of Money   85FOURTH BOOKConcerning the Thoughts of the Demon of Sadness   99FIFTH BOOKAgainst the Demon of Anger   119 SIXTH BOOKAgainst the Thoughts of the Demon of Listlessness   133SEVENTH BOOKAgainst the Thoughts from the Demon of Vainglory   147EIGHTH BOOKAgainst the Cursed Thoughts of Pride   159Bibliography   175Index of Scripture Passages Used as Responses   181Index of Scripture Passages Excluding Those Used as Responses   189

"This work makes available to the English readership a work that not only offers a fuller appreciation of the spirituality of Evagrius and his psychology but provides as well a more concrete understanding of the psychology and struggles of the early monks in the Egyptian desert."Cistercian Studies Quarterly