Ascesis, Symbol And Baptismal Rite In The Gospel Of Thomas
If we consider some forms of ascetic practices in the crosscultural perspective, it seems, at first sight, that we are dealing with a relatively limited number of common acts directed toward a variety of goals which are more or less specifically defined within different religious traditions. Among t...
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Romanian Association for the History of Religions
2005
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Archaeus
Year: 2005, Volume: IX, Issue: 1/04, Pages: 41-55 |
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| Summary: | If we consider some forms of ascetic practices in the crosscultural perspective, it seems, at first sight, that we are dealing with a relatively limited number of common acts directed toward a variety of goals which are more or less specifically defined within different religious traditions. Among that common fund of practices one may, for example, include fasting, prayer, almsgiving, meditation, vigils, different kinds of manual work, sexual continence, physical separation or withdrawal, certain forms of self-inflicted pain, etc... |
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