Includes bibliographical references (p. [199]-216) and indexes
1. Life and writings -- 2. Bishop -- The episcopate of Alexandria before Athanasius -- The early years : from election to exile (328-35) -- Between east and west : the first and second exiles (335-46) -- The glorious return and the golden decade (356-62) -- Flight to the desert : the third exile (356-62) -- The final years (362-73) -- Death and aftermath -- 3. Theologian -- Arius, Alexander, and Nicaea : the origins of the fourth-century theological controversies -- The early theology of Athanasius : Contra Gentes--De Incarnatione and the Orationes contra Arianos -- 'Athanasian Arianism' -- The council of Nicaea and the Holy Spirit -- Athanasius' later writings : reconciliations and new controversies -- 4. Ascetic -- The golden age of Egyptian asceticism -- Athanasian asceticism -- The bishop and the monks : Athanasius and the 'politics' of asceticism -- 5. Father -- In the beginning : the first Festal Letter -- The pastoral bishop -- Pastoral theology and salvation -- Pastoral asceticism and the Christian life -- The canon of scripture : Festal Letter XXXIX -- 6. Death and legacy -- Athanasius in the Greek east -- Athanasius in the Latin west -- Athanasius in the Syriac tradition -- Athansius in Armenian tradtion -- Athanasius in Coptic tradition