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Asceticism
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Author : Vincent L. Wimbush
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2002-05-23
Asceticism written by Vincent L. Wimbush and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2002-05-23 with Religion categories.
From meditation and fasting to celibacy and anchoritism, the ascetic impulse has been an enduring and complex phenomenon throughout history. Offering a sweeping view of this elusive and controversial aspect of religious life and culture, Asceticism looks at the ascetic impulse from a unique vantage point. Cross-cultural, cross-religious, and multidisciplinary in nature, these essays provide a broad historical and comparative perspective on asceticism--a subject rarely studied outside the context of individual religious traditions. The work represents the input of more than forty preeminent scholars in a wide range of fields and disciplines, and analyzes asceticism from antiquity to the present in European, Near Eastern, African, Asian, and North American settings. Asceticism is organized around four major themes that cut across religious traditions: origins and meanings of asceticism, which explores the motivations and impulses behind ascetic behaviors; hermeneutics of asceticism, which looks at texts and rhetorics and their presuppositions; aesthetics of asceticism, which documents responses evoked by ascetic impulses and practices, as well as the arts of ascetic practices themselves; and politics of asceticism, which analyzes the power dynamics of asceticism, especially as regards gender, cultural, and ethnic differences. Critical responses to the major papers ensure the focus upon the themes and unify the discussion. Two general addresses on broad philosophical and historical-interpretive issues suggest the importance of the subject of asceticism for wide-ranging but serious cultural-critical discussions. An Appendix, Ascetica Miscellanea, includes six short papers on provocative topics not related to the four major themes, and a panel discussion on the practices and meanings of asceticism in contemporary religious life and culture. A selected bibliography and an index are also included. The only comprehensive reference work on asceticism with a multicultural, multireligious, and multidisciplinary perspective, Asceticism offers a model not only for an understanding of a most important dimension of religious life, but also for future interdisciplinary study in general.
Religious Asceticism
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Author : G B Gupta
language : en
Publisher: Global Vision Pub House
Release Date : 2003
Religious Asceticism written by G B Gupta and has been published by Global Vision Pub House this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2003 with Asceticism categories.
The Present Title Religious Asceticism Is An In-Depth Study Of Different Asceticism In Psycho-Spiritual Perspective. It Is Commonly Practiced By Different Religions All Over The World. It Examines In Depth The Facets Of Asceticism In Different Religion And Is Dealt Specially With Oriental And Western Asceticism. The First Part Of This Book Deals With Oriental Asceticism While The Second Part Deals With Western Asceticism. The Popular Conception Of Asceticism Has Grown Up In Connection With The Experience Of It Linked With A Distinct Attitude Towards Life. In This Thought The Material Body Is Inherently Evil And The Spiritual Element Is Alone Good. The Object Of Ascetic Exercise Is Not The Training Of The Body, But Its Ultimate Extinction, That The Soul May Be Free.
The Hellenic Origins Of Christian Asceticism
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Author : Joseph Ward Swain
language : en
Publisher:
Release Date : 1916
The Hellenic Origins Of Christian Asceticism written by Joseph Ward Swain and has been published by this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1916 with Asceticism categories.
Asceticism And Its Critics
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Author : Oliver Freiberger
language : en
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Release Date : 2006-10-19
Asceticism And Its Critics written by Oliver Freiberger and has been published by Oxford University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2006-10-19 with Religion categories.
Scholars of religion have always been fascinated by asceticism. Some have even regarded this radical way of life-- the withdrawal from the world, combined with practices that seriously affect basic bodily needs, up to extreme forms of self-mortification --as the ultimate form of a true religious quest. This view is rooted in hagiographic descriptions of prominent ascetics and in other literary accounts that praise the ascetic life-style. Scholars have often overlooked, however, that in the history of religions ascetic beliefs and practices have also been strongly criticized, by followers of the same religious tradition as well as by outsiders. The respective sources provide sufficient evidence of such critical strands but surprisingly as yet no attempt has been made to analyze this criticism of asceticism systematically. This book is a first attempt of filling this gap. Ten studies present cases from both Asian and European traditions: classical and medieval Hinduism, early and contemporary Buddhism in South and East Asia, European antiquity, early and medieval Christianity, and 19th/20th century Aryan religion. Focusing on the critics of asceticism, their motives, their arguments, and the targets of their critique, these studies provide a broad range of issues for comparison. They suggest that the critique of asceticism is based on a worldview differing from and competing with the ascetic worldview, often in one and the same historical context. The book demonstrates that examining the critics of asceticism helps understand better the complexity of religious traditions and their cultural contexts. The comparative analysis, moreover, shows that the criticism of asceticism reflects a religious worldview as significant and widespread in the history of religions as asceticism itself is.
Asceticism Today
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Author : Adalbert de Vogué
language : en
Publisher: St Bede's Publications
Release Date : 1991
Asceticism Today written by Adalbert de Vogué and has been published by St Bede's Publications this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1991 with Philosophy categories.
Essays on the essential role of asceticism in spiritual growth.
The Two Sources Of Indian Asceticism
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Author : Johannes Bronkhorst
language : en
Publisher: Motilal Banarsidass Publ.
Release Date : 1998
The Two Sources Of Indian Asceticism written by Johannes Bronkhorst and has been published by Motilal Banarsidass Publ. this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998 with Philosophy categories.
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Asceticism In The Graeco Roman World
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Author : Richard Damian Finn
language : en
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Release Date : 2009-07-02
Asceticism In The Graeco Roman World written by Richard Damian Finn and has been published by Cambridge University Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2009-07-02 with History categories.
Pagan asceticism: cultic and contemplative purity -- Asceticism in Hellenistic and Rabbinic Judaism -- Christian asceticism before Origen -- Origen and his ascetic legacy -- Cavemen, cenobites, and clerics.
The Ideals Of Asceticism
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Author : Oscar Hardman
language : en
Publisher: London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Release Date : 1924
The Ideals Of Asceticism written by Oscar Hardman and has been published by London : Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1924 with Asceticism categories.
Schools Of Asceticism
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Author : Lutz F. Kaelber
language : en
Publisher: Penn State Press
Release Date : 2010-11-01
Schools Of Asceticism written by Lutz F. Kaelber and has been published by Penn State Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2010-11-01 with Religion categories.
Explores the Weberian theme of religious asceticism in the context of medieval religion, concentrating on the Cathars and Waldensians in southern France. Analyzes how the ideology and social organization of religious groups shaped rational ascetic conduct of their members and how the different forms of asceticism affected cultural and economic life, combining a sociological approach to the analysis of medieval history with an original analysis of primary sources. For scholars of comparative historical and theoretical sociology, medieval history, and religious studies. Paper edition (unseen), $19.95. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR
Asceticism In Early Taoist Religion
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Author : Stephen Eskildsen
language : en
Publisher: State University of New York Press
Release Date : 1998-10-01
Asceticism In Early Taoist Religion written by Stephen Eskildsen and has been published by State University of New York Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 1998-10-01 with History categories.
Using a wide variety of original sources, this book brings to light how and why asceticism was carried out by Taoists during the first six centuries of the common era. It examines the practices of fasting, celibacy, self-imposed poverty, wilderness seclusion, and sleep-avoidance, and it discusses the beliefs and attitudes that motivated and justified such drastic actions. Asceticism in Early Taoist Religion demonstrates that although Taoist ascetics pursued austerities that were extremely rigorous, they did not seek to mortify the flesh. Through their austerities, they almost always sought to improve their physical strength and health, because they aspired toward physical longevity as well as spiritual perfection. Even though they sometimes taxed their bodies severely, they believed that their strength and health would eventually be restored if they persevered. The highest goal was to ascend to divine realms in an immortal body. However, certain beliefs that emerged during this period—particularly those influenced by Buddhism—may have caused some Taoist ascetics to virtually abandon their concern with longevity, and to focus disproportionately upon the perfection of the spirit. Such ascetics were more likely to purposely harm and neglect their bodies, contradictory as this may have been to the cherished ideals of the Taoist religion. Eskildsen traces how this problem may have emerged, and how it was viewed and dealt with by those who maintained the ideal of longevity.