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...

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發表在:Church history
主要作者: McNeill, John Thomas 1885-1975 (Author)
格式: Print Article
語言:English
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出版: Cambridge University Press [1936]
In: Church history
Year: 1936, 卷: 5, Pages: 3-28
Further subjects:B Militia Christi
B 中世紀
B Middle Ages
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總結: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.
ISSN:0009-6407
Contains:Enthalten in: Church history