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Reaching for perfection : studies on the means and goals of ascetical practices in an interreligious perspective /

"This volume contains the proceedings of an international conference on the relation between asceticism and aspirations about reaching for perfection held at the University of Leuven 21-23 October 2019 and organised in the framework of Kosmoi, an association of Leuven colleagues from various di...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Verheyden, Joseph, 1957- (Editor ), Roskam, Geert (Editor ), Heirman, Ann (Editor ), Leemans, Johan, 1965- (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Leuven : Peeters, 2022.
Colección:Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium Ser.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • The spiritual dimension of stoic ascesis / Kurt Lampe
  • Pagan philosophical asceticism in late antiquity as a way of perfection / Dominic J. O'Meara
  • God as a role model: Practical homoiosis theoi in the works of Basil of Caesarea and Gregory of Nyssa / Thomas Valgaeren
  • Food for ascetics and excessive fasting in the Ladder of John Climacus / Maxim Venetskov
  • Perfection in late antique Syriac Christianity: From commandments and stillness to wonder / Brouria Bitton-Ashkelony
  • "Be perfect as your heavenly Father is perfect": Asceticism and perfection in medieval Christian mysticism / Rob Faesen
  • "There is neither food nor drink in the world to come": Fasting as ascetic practice in Elijah de Vidas's Reshit Hokhmah / Patrick Benjamin Koch
  • The telos of asceticism in Michel Foucault and John Cassian / Niki Kasumi Clements
  • Perfection bayond technique: The notion of effortless spontaneity in Tibetan Dzogchen / Dylan Esler
  • Is Buddhist self-immolation a form of asceticism? / James A. Benn.