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1 review
Jonathan Mills

Regent College Pub, 1998

Tom Wolfe, architecture, and philosophy
Jonathan Mills is absolutely brilliant! This very brief reflection on architecture is really a primer on the "living" philosophy of the past century. As postmodernism had its first articulated expression in architecture, it's no surprise that keeping an eye on architecture is a good and appropriate lens by which to view the philosophical mood of the times. If only Mills would write more books ....

The paradise or garden of the holy fathers: Being histories of the anchorites, recluses, monks, Coenobites, ...

1 review

St. Nectarios, 1978

Excellence in Worship | Guide to Asceticism
The Paradise of the Fathers delves into the lives of the monks through stories/anecdotes of the specific Saints as well as discussions on relevant, pertinent moral topics. Volumes I & II are to be read by individuals seeking the way to the truth, and only with an open mind will one experience this book as was intended. Other religions may aspire to such as contained within the cover of this book ...

Absent Lord: Ascetics and Kings in a Jain Ritual Culture (Comparative Studies in Religion and Society ; 8)

1 review
Lawrence A. Babb

University of California Press, 1996

An excellent answer to a fascintating question
In this work, Babb asks an interesting question. Why would Jains fast and starve themselves when they believe that the beings they worship are not only unaware of their existence but also can in no way help them even if they wanted? It is a fascinating book that explores this as well as ritual in jain culture. It is based mostly on the authors work in India. It is quite descriptive and can be ...

On the Prayer of Jesus: From the Ascetic Essays of Bishop Ignatius Brianchaninov

2 reviews
Ignatius Brianchaninov

Element Books, 1993

Lord Jesus Christ, have mercy on me, a sinner
St. Ignaty wrote at a time when the pilgrim of the famous spiritual autobiogaphy, "Thw Way of a Pilgrim," and the greatest of all Russian saints, St. Seraphim of Sarov were alive or in living memory. He wrote this book toward the end of his own life, and the simplicity of his message belies the profound depth of his teaching, just as the paucity of the pages--a hunrdred or so--bely the vast ...

Wandering With Sadhus: Ascetics of the Hindu Himalayas (Contemporary Indian Studies)

2 reviews
Sondra L. Hausner

Indiana University Press, 2007

tremendous
Though this book was written by an academic, it is accessible and indeed gripping reading for anyone with even a passing interest in sadhu culture, philosophy, and spirituality. Anyone who has been to India, and has seen sadhus, has no doubt wandered what their world is all about. Hausner has spent years wandering with them to find out, and in this book she brings what she has found to her ...

Guardians of the Transcendent: An Ethnography of a Jain Ascetic Community (Anthropological Horizons)

1 review
Anne Vallely

University of Toronto Press, 2002

good review of Jain sect of Terapanth
This is a good introduction of Terapanth sect of Jainism with a detailed fieldwork done by the author.

Catholic Heritage: Martyrs, Ascetics, Pilgrims, Warriors, Mystics, Theologians, Artists, Humanists, Activists,

1 review
Lawr Cunningham

The Crossroad Publishing Company, Inc., 1985

Catholic history in an interesting format
This is a wonderful book! It is the history of Catholism arranged by grouping the main "movers and shakers" who have influenced the character and events of the church down through the ages. It is very interesting reading; an overview, certainly, but with witty comentary and a really excellent bibliography for further study at the end of each chapter. It is worth having for the information on ...

The ascetic of desire

4 reviews
Sudhir Kakar

Viking, 1998

A great read
What I liked the most about this book is that it works at several levels. At one level it is an absorbing story of a man who compiled all that was known about sex. At another level it is a psychological thriller-study and at yet another level it is a commentary on the sexuality and culture. I usually read thrillers/bestsellers or Dick Francis interspersed with Anita Booker and Margaret Atwood ...

The Saints of Modern Art: The Ascetic Ideal in Contemporary Painting, Sculpture, Architecture, Music, Dance, ...

1 review
II Charles A. Riley

UPNE, 1998

Brilliant addition to your art, music, dance or lit bookshel
How often does one book offer an accessible, lively window on the inside world of the great artists, composers, writers and choreographers of our time? In The Saints of Modern Art, Riley uses the ideas of the withdrawal of the artist from the world, and the quest for perfection, to link figures as disparate as Jasper Johns and Glenn Gould, George Balanchine and Marcel Proust, Piet Mondrian and ...

Way of the Ascetics: The Ancient Tradition of Discipline and Inner Growth

5 reviews
Tito Colliander

St. Vladimir's Seminary Press, 1985

An excellent outline of life!
This is a convicting look into the heart of the animal called "man." Colliander gives us a model of self examination and discipline which has been useful to me in my several years of preaching and teaching. There are goals of holiness here that are so solid, that if attained, heaven would start to shine through. I would recommend this book to anyone who desires a more holy heart.

The Ascetic Self: Subjectivity, Memory and Tradition

1 review
Gavin Flood

Cambridge University Press, 2005

The Ascetic Self
Although Flood is obviously a knowledgeable scholar of religion (his primer on Hinduism is excellent), I found that The Ascetic Self had limited usefulness due to Flood's forced and largely unsupported definition of asceticism. More specifically, Flood asserts that there is no asceticism outside of traditional religious contexts -- and only cosmological ones at that. This narrow and arguably ...

Subversive Virtue: Asceticism and Authority in the Second-Century Pagan World

1 review
James A. Francis

Pennsylvania State University Press, 1995

A note on Evans's review of Subversive Virtue
As the author of Subversive Virtue: Asceticism and Authority in the Second-Century Pagan World (Penn State Press, 1995), I feel I need to alert readers to a peculiarity in the Amazon search. Searching the title of this book will also bring up a review by J.A.S. Evans which appeared in the Canadian Journal of History. This was the only negative review this book received but, unfortunately, it is ...

Golden Mouth: The Story of John Chrysostom, Ascetic, Preacher, Bishop

10 reviews
J. N. D. Kelly

Cornell University Press, 1995

Another Kelly Scholarly Historical Account
Kelly is easily recognized as our time's authority on early church matters. Here in similar fashion as his worthy work on Jerome he tackles Chrysostom. He breaks it down nicely into three major components of his life: ascetic, preacher, bishop. The politics of the church and interaction with secular authorities dominate his life, as it does most. John certainly had his prinicples and he ...

THE Apostles' Creed God the Teacher of Mankind; or Popular Catholic Theology. Apologetical, Dogmatical, ...

Benziger Brothers, 1879

Father Michael Muller was one of the most widely read theologians of the 19th Century. He ranks as one of the greatest defenders of the dogma Outside the Church there is no salvation in modern times. Father Muller always submitted his works to two Redemptorist theologians and to his religious superiors before publication, thus we are sure of the doctrinal soundness of his teachings.

Siva: The Erotic Ascetic (Galaxy Books)

5 reviews
Wendy Doniger O'Flaherty

Oxford University Press, USA, 1981

Amazing
This wonderful review of the literature of Siva, by far one of the most interesting and misunderstood of the Indic gods, is already a classic. The contrasts between asceticism and eroticism are carefully and precisely laid out, without the quackery of popular psychological babble. The stories are well translated, with full notes, in such a way as to leave the ambiguities of the original ...

21. St. Maximus the Confessor: The Ascetic Life, The Four Centuries on Charity (Ancient Christian Writers)
Polycarp Sherwood

Paulist Press, 1955

The Ascetic Life is a dialogue between a young novice and an old monk on how to achieve the Christian life. The Four Centuries is a collection of aphorisms.

Contemporary Ascetics of Mount Athos

3 reviews
Archimandrite Cherubim

St. Herman of Alaska Brotherhood Press, 1992

A compulsory book
When the great founders of monasticism in the East, Sts. Anthony and Pachomius, desired to leave the world and lead a life in worship and prayer in solitude, they turned to the Egyptian desert, founding both the hermitage and the monastery. When the first ascetics of Russia wanted to follow in the footsteps of the Great Fathers they didn't have a sunny heated and dry unfruitful desert, but ...

Evagrius of Pontus: The Greek Ascetic Corpus (Oxford Early Christian Studies)

3 reviews
Robert E. Sinkewicz

Oxford University Press, USA, 2006

Worth every penny
Given the current exchange rates and the limited demand for this book, the price is not surprising or extreme. Production quality, contrary to complaints below, is high. For serious scholarly, monastic or ecclesiastical readers, this is priceless content (with good, concise introductions) in a form that will last and be useful for a lifetime. You're getting "Foundations of the Monastic Life," the ...

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