Introduction: John's World -- "These Holy Images"': John of Ephesus and the Lives of the Eastern Saints --I "Let your Light so Shine Before Men": The Ascetic Vision -- Amida: The Measure of Madness -- Purpose and Places -- Spirituality and Accountability: Consequences of the Ascetic Vow -- Some Implications: The Case of Women -- John of Ephesus: Asceticism and Society
Notes
Based on the author's thesis
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 199-218) and index