Demons and the Making of the Monk: Spiritual Combat in Early Christianity
by David Brakke.

This work explores the development of Christian monasticism in Egypt before 500 CE.
Brakke describes the continual struggle between those who were "monks" (monastic
community leaders, gnostics, clairvoyants) and "demons" (pagan gods, women, "vices/
temptations"). He concludes that struggle eventually first defined both Western
monasticism and eventually modern life generally.

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