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...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leuven :
Peeters,
2022.
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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.