Angels in late ancient Christianity /

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Muehlberger, Ellen.
Corporate Authors: Oxford University Press.
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: 2013.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
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Online Access: http://www.iresearchbook.cn/f/ebook/detail?id=2780b68247dd42009d383c2615062fb5
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (x, 294 pages)
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references (pages [257]-272) and index.
ISBN: 9780199931941
9780199931934
Index Number: BT966
CLC: B979
Contents: Late ancient theories of angels: Evagrius of Pontus and Augustine of Hippo compared -- Locating Christ in scripture: angels in the development of theological reading -- Angels as equipment for living: the companion angel tradition in Evagrian Christianity -- Crossing over: the companion angel tradition in exemplary lives -- Defining others: asceticism and the discourse of the angelic life -- Bringing angels into the world: training the Christian imagination with catechesis -- Limits of angelology.