The “Anchorite Within”
Basil of Caesarea’s Erotapokrisis 7 and the Ascetic Challenge to Christian Identity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 20487563 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Stephen R Lloyd-Moffett (California Polytechnic State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2010 |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 268-288 |
| Publication date | 2010-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Religion and Theology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1023-0807 • E-ISSN: 1574-3012 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/157430110x597854 |
| OpenAlex | W2040252975 |
| Language | EN |
Basil the Great has traditionally been seen as an opponent of solitary asceticism. It is however noteworthy that the form of hermitic life, which he discourages is nowhere to be found in Cappadocia at the time. Instead his opponent is a parody or imagined extreme serving to highlight the dangers of an isolated, privatized Christian identity that he worries may be creeping into fourth century Christian asceticism
Aesthetics · Asceticism · Christian Identity · History of religions · Theology · Archaeology and Historical Studies · Byzantine Studies and History · Historical and Linguistic Studies · History · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Highly cited | No |
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