Dorothee Schenk

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Johannes Cassians Collationes Patrum
[Monastic Education. Johannes Cassian's Collationes Patrum.]
2023. XI, 363 pages.
DOI 10.1628/978-3-16-162013-3
Published in German.
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Summary
In his Collationes Patrum , John Cassian acts as intermediary between different theological and monastic traditions. Dorothee Schenk shows how he connects various - both skeptical and positive - estimations about the value of (traditional) education for monastic life. In doing so, he not only discusses education theoretically but also initiates and accompanies concrete processes of spiritual formation.

Studies in Education and Religion in Ancient and Pre-Modern History in the Mediterranean and Its Environs (SERAPHIM)