Kyung-mee Jeon belongs to The Catholic Women’s Research Institute of Korea. She writes and gives lectures on Egyptian desert monasticism and on women in early Christianity. Her other area of interest is feminist and cultural readings of early Christian texts about religious practices.

• Hagiography – Inter-texture– Holy women – Egyptian desert monasticism – Origen – Pious emperor – Imperial women – Theotokos – Victory – Ascetic migration – Spiritual combat – Pilgrims – Monastic Jerusalem – Christian imperial appropriation of space and material – Post-colonialism – Building activities – Relics

Kyung-mee Jeon belongs to The Catholic Women’s Research Institute of Korea. She writes and gives lectures on Egyptian desert monasticism and on women in early Christianity. Her other area of interest is feminist and cultural readings of early Christian texts about religious practices.

• Hagiography – Inter-texture– Holy women – Egyptian desert monasticism – Origen – Pious emperor – Imperial women – Theotokos – Victory – Ascetic migration – Spiritual combat – Pilgrims – Monastic Jerusalem – Christian imperial appropriation of space and material – Post-colonialism – Building activities – Relics

Kyung-mee Jeon belongs to The Catholic Women’s Research Institute of Korea. She writes and gives lectures on Egyptian desert monasticism and on women in early Christianity. Her other area of interest is feminist and cultural readings of early Christian texts about religious practices.

• Hagiography – Inter-texture– Holy women – Egyptian desert monasticism – Origen – Pious emperor – Imperial women – Theotokos – Victory – Ascetic migration – Spiritual combat – Pilgrims – Monastic Jerusalem – Christian imperial appropriation of space and material – Post-colonialism – Building activities – Relics