Asceticism versus Militarism in the Middle Ages
The terms “religion” and “asceticism” represent separable realms of experience. Asceticism may occur where a Stoic philosopher, from purely ethical considerations, denies all indulgence to the appetites of the body, that “gaol and shackle of the soul.” It is today employed, in Egypt and in India, in...
| Опубликовано в: : | Church history |
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| Формат: | Print Статья |
| Язык: | Английский |
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Cambridge University Press
[1936]
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Church history
Год: 1936, Том: 5, Страницы: 3-28 |
| Другие ключевые слова: | B
Militia Christi
B Средневековье (мотив) B Middle Ages |
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| Итог: | The terms “religion” and “asceticism” represent separable realms of experience. Asceticism may occur where a Stoic philosopher, from purely ethical considerations, denies all indulgence to the appetites of the body, that “gaol and shackle of the soul.” It is today employed, in Egypt and in India, in the strategy of political causes. The athlete or the actor, the scholar or the merchant, may adopt an ascetic type of behavior for the sake of efficiency on a non-religious level. On the other hand feasting may be as religious as fasting, jubilation as holy as penance. |
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| ISSN: | 0009-6407 |
| Второстепенные работы: | Enthalten in: Church history
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