Asceticism in the Graeco-Roman World (el. knyga) (skaityta knyga) | knygos.lt

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Asceticism deploys abstention, self-control & -denial, to order oneself or a community in relation to the divine. Both its practices & the cultural ideals they expressed were important to pagans, Jews, Christians of different kinds & Manichees. Richard Finn presents for the 1st time a combined study of the major ascetic traditions, which have been previously misunderstood by being studied separately. He examines how people abstained from food, drink, sexual relations, sleep & wealth; what they meant by their behavior; & how they influenced others in the Graeco-Roman world. Against this background, the book charts the rise of monasticism in Egypt, Asia Minor, Syria & N. Africa, assessing the crucial role played by the 3rd-century exegete, Origen, & asks why monasticism developed so variously in different regions.