Spirituality of the Desert Fathers and Mothers

Seven Essential Resources

• The Wisdom of the Desert Fathers and Mothers | Carrigan, Henry L. (Amazon link)
• Desert Christians | Harmless, William (Amazon link)
• The Book of the Elders | Wortley, John (Amazon link)
• The Sayings of the Desert Fathers | Ward, Benedicta (Amazon link)
• The Lifes of the Desert Fathers | Ward, Benedicta (Amazon link)
• The Praktikos & Chapters on Prayer | Evagrius Ponticus (Amazon link)
• The Conferences | Cassian, John

Additional or alternative resources, not by CMcC

• An Introduction to the Desert Fathers | Byassee, John
• Give Me a Word: The Alphabetical Sayings of the Desert Fathers | Wortley, John
• Desert Fathers and Mothers – Early Christian Wisdom Sayings—Annotated & Explained | Valtners-Painter, Christine
• The Wisdom of the Desert | Hannay, James O.
• The Sayings of the Fathers | Chadwick, Owen
• The Fathers of the Desert, Vols. 1 & 2 | Hahn-Hahn, Ida
• Ad Monachos | Evagrius Ponticus
• The Conferences | Cassian, John alternative translation
• The Conferences | Schaff NPNF edition
• The Conferences | Schaff NPNF CE edition

Web link and source

• Carl McColman’s Patheos blog

Resources available in Logos/Verbum

• Bringing Jesus to the Desert: Uncover the Ancient Culture, Discover Hidden Meanings | Bradley Nassif
• Desert Christians: An Introduction to the Literature of Early Monasticism | William Harmless
• An Introduction to the Desert Fathers | Jason Byassee

• The Conferences | Schaff NPNF edition
• The Conferences | Schaff NPNF CE edition
• Desert Fathers and Mothers: Early Christian Wisdom Sayings—Annotated & Explained | Christine Valters Paintner
• The Fathers of the Desert, Vols. 1 & 2 | Emily F. Bowden
• Four Desert Fathers: Pambo, Evagrius, Macarius of Egypt, and Macarius of Alexandria: Coptic Texts Relating to the Lausiac History of Palladius | Tim Vivian
• Give Me a Word: The Alphabetical Sayings of the Desert Fathers | John Wortley
• Inquiry about the Monks in Egypt | Rufinus of Aquileia
• John Cassian: The Conferences | John Cassian
• John Cassian: Conferences |
• John Cassian: The Institutes | John Cassian
• Letters from the Desert: A Selection of Questions and Responses | John Chryssavgis
• The Paradise of the Holy Fathers, Volume I | Ernest A. Wallis Budge
• The Teachings of the Desert Fathers | Richard J. Goodrich
• The Wisdom of the Desert | James O. Hannay