The making of the self : ancient and modern asceticism /

A leading scholar of ascetical studies, Richard Valantasis explores a variety of ascetical traditions ranging from the Greco-Roman philosophy of Musonius Rufus, the asceticism found in the Nag Hammadi Library and in certain Gnostic texts, the Gospel of Thomas, and other early Christian texts. This c...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Valantasis, Richard, 1946- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, U.K. : James Clarke & Co., 2008.
Temas:
30-600
Asceticism.
Asceticism > History.
Asceticism > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Ascetics > Rome.
Ascétisme.
Ascétisme > Histoire.
Ascétisme > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
Ascètes > Rome.
asceticism.
RELIGION > History.
Asceticism > Early church.
Ascetics.
Rome (Empire)
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
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  • Constructions of power in asceticism
  • Asceticism as a sacred marriage : eastern and western theories
  • Asceticism or formation : theorizing asceticism after Nietzsche
  • A theory of asceticism, revised
  • Uncovering Adam's esoteric body
  • Daemons and the perfecting of the monk's body
  • Ascetical withdrawal and the second letter of Basil the Great
  • Is the Gospel of Thomas ascetical?
  • Competing ascetic subjectivities in the letter to the Galatians
  • Nag Hammadi and asceticism : theory and practice
  • Demons, adversaries, devils, fisherman : the asceticism of Authoritative Teaching (NHL, VI, 3) in Roman perspective
  • Musonius Rufus and Roman ascetical theory.

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