An edition of Ascetism and its critics (2006)

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historical accounts and comparative perspectives

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Ascetism and its critics

historical accounts and comparative perspectives

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2006, Oxford University Press
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Table of Contents

The ascetic and the domestic in Brahmanical religiosity / Patrick Olivelle
Epicurus' role in controversies on asceticism in European religious history / Ulrich Berner
Aryan national religion(s) and the criticism of asceticism and quietism in the 19th and 20th century / Max Deeg
Disciplining the body, disciplining the will : hypocrisy and asceticism in Cistercian monasticism / Martha G. Newman
The Saiva devaluation of Pautta, and Saiva asceticism in pre-colonial Tamilakam / Peter Schalk
Imitatio Christi in Christian martyrdom and asceticism : a critical dialogue / Isabelle Kinnard
"The epitome of the ascetic life" : the controversy over self-mortification and ritual suicide as ascetic practices in East Asian Buddhism / Christoph Kleine
"I have chosen sickness" : the controversial function of sickness in early Christian ascetic practice / Andrew Crislip
"Gotami, do not wish to go from home to homelessness!" : patterns of objections to female asceticism in Theravada Buddhism / Ute Hüsken
Early Buddhism, asceticism, and the politics of the Middle Way / Oliver Freiberger.

Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Oxford, New York
Series
American Academy of Religion cultural criticism series
Genre
Congresses., Comparative studies

Classifications

Dewey Decimal Class
204/.4709
Library of Congress
BL625 .A838 2006, BL625.A838 2006

The Physical Object

Pagination
p. cm.
Number of pages
268

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Open Library
OL3419411M
Internet Archive
asceticismitscri0000unse
ISBN 10
0195307917
ISBN 13
9780195307917
LCCN
2005035879
OCLC/WorldCat
70173195, 62728478
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675643

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