John Cassian and the Creation of Monastic Subjectivity - Joshua Schachterle
Cassian's Context and Asceticism as Basis for Valid Authority
John Cassian and the Creation of Monastic Subjectivity - Joshua Schachterle
Joshua Schachterle [+]
Independent Scholar
Joshua Schachterle recently received his Ph.D. from the University of Denver/Iliff School of Theology Joint Doctoral Program. His dissertation was on New Testament and Early Christianity.
Description
This begins with Cassian’s Egyptian context, where he learned how to be a monk from the men he considered masters of the monastic vocation. It then examines fifth-century Gaul, the context in which Cassian wrote both the Institutes and the Conferences. Finally, it demonstrates Cassian’s notion of asceticism as mark of authority.