Concerning the Spectacular Austerities
Modern pilgrims are the updated versions of hermit athletae Dei, athletes of God, as the Desert Fathers are called by Dorotheus the Theban. Are the more ascetic of religious pilgrims going too far with their spectacular austerities?
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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Dublin Institute of Technology
[2018]
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The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
Year: 2018, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 16-23 |
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Egypt (Antiquity)
/ Monasticism
/ Asceticism
/ The Modern
/ Pilgrim
/ Fanaticism
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RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy AE Psychology of religion AG Religious life; material religion CB Christian life; spirituality |
Further subjects: | B
Desert Fathers
B Santiago de Compostela B ascetism B Pilgrim B Mecca B Pilgrimage B Religious |
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Summary: | Modern pilgrims are the updated versions of hermit athletae Dei, athletes of God, as the Desert Fathers are called by Dorotheus the Theban. Are the more ascetic of religious pilgrims going too far with their spectacular austerities? |
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ISSN: | 2009-7379 |
Contains: | Enthalten in: The international journal of religious tourism and pilgrimage
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