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Showing 1 to 4 of 4 for “"Ascetic Practices"”.
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"Our Father Isaac": Reading the Sahidic Testament of Isaac in an Egyptian Monastic Context
… Egypt read <em>Testament of Isaac</em> as an ascetical regimen in order to transform themselves into children of Isaac. <em>T. Isaac</em> highlights three particular dimensions of Isaac's character from the remembered tradition of Isaac that would have resonated in the Egyptian monastic …
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Asceticism, the sage, and the evil inclination : points of contact between Jews and Christians in late antiquity.
… The thesis of this dissertation is that natural asceticism, the sociological and religious role of the sage, and the anthropological belief in the evil inclination are three aspects shared between predominate groups of Jews and Christians in late antiquity. This dissertation argues the following …
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Renouncing sex and the self: asceticism in early modern England
At first glance, it might seem that ascetic practices disappeared in England with the introduction of Protestantism. With the monasteries demolished, priests encouraged to marry, and the laity cautioned against superstitious practices of mortification, how can there be a cultural history of …
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Kant With Foucault: On The Dangers Of The Theoretical Reification Of The Subject To Freedom And The Need For A Practical Psychology
<p>In this dissertation I consider the question, "Is it possible to think the subject qua subject or must any theoretical attempt to understand the subject necessarily reify it?" To answer this question, I appealed to Immanuel Kant's distinction between theoretical and practical reason, noting that …