10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «ASCESIS»
Discover the use of
ascesis in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to
ascesis and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Hermeneutics of the Subject: Lectures at the Collège de ...
to me that askesis, as it was understood by the Greeks m the Hellenistic and
Roman epoch, is very far from being what we traditionally understand by "ascesis
," precisely to the extent that our notion of ascesis is more or less modeled on and
...
Michel Foucault, Frédéric Gros, François Ewald, 2005
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Theology as Ascetic Act: Disciplining Christian Discourse
the incarnation. It is incarnational. It is a share in the incarnation of God. Ascesis
renders the body intelligible as a sign-act of the story of the transcendent. Ascesis
also renders a body to that which would otherwise remain incorporeal, that is, ...
3
A Different Christianity
This is the origin of ascesis: ascesis, in the inner, psychological sense, is action
that leads to improved ability Macarius added to this a little: "Christians ought to
run the race in the arena of this world with alertness and exactitude, so as to ...
4
Love and Death in Lawrence and Foucault
68) via the Foucaultian process of "homosexual ascesis"; as Foucaultian David
Halperin explains: Foucault referred to the arduous activity of cultivating,
fashioning, and styling the self [i.e., Trilling's "self-definition"] ... as "ascesis" . . . ,
ascetics, ...
Barry Jeffrey Scherr, 2008
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Corporeality, Medical Technologies and Contemporary Culture
The notion of ascesis is frequently associated to the denial, mortification and
renunciation of the self. Its valence is particu- larly negative when seen in the
perspective of Christian asceticism. In his work Foucault used ascesis (frequently
as a ...
The allegory of the serpents points to a complex relationship between ascesis
and aesthesis. There would be no need for the figure of the second serpent if it
served only to extirpate the first - the pleasures of the senses - through an act of ...
John J. Joughin, Simon Malpas, 2003
It is in the same spirit that one might say, "Ascesis, or spiritual discipline, exists
because contemplation does not." This work is largely about ascesis in its
concrete forms, but God did not create us for ascesis; he created us to
contemplate him: ...
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The Doctrine of Awakening: The Attainment of Self-Mastery ...
The original meaning of the term ascesis — from doTCEO), "to train" — was
simply "training" and, in a Roman sense, discipline. The corresponding Indo-
Aryan term is tapas (tapa or tapo in Pāli) and it has a like significance; except that
, from ...
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The Constitution of the Psychoanalytic Clinic: A History of ...
now go into a more detailed breakdown of its specific practices, which are
divided into two major groups: ascesis (askesis) and meditation (melecte) (Hadot,
1991). Meditation could include two further subgroups (method and memory).
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Valmiki-Ramayana(www.islam.co.cc)
IslamKotob, Valmiki Ramayana. Book I : Bala Kanda - The Youthful Majesties
Chapter [Sarga] 65 Introduction Vishvamitra becomes Brahma-sage after a
prolonged ascesis that made all the worlds to startle. Then all gods request
Brahma to ...
IslamKotob, Valmiki Ramayana
10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «ASCESIS»
Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term
ascesis is used in the context of the following news items.
Ronning Centre sends new texts out into the world
We all have the capacity for ascesis, the capacity to fast, the capacity to do with less, the capacity to become smaller and thus better.”. «Camrose Canadian, May 15»
'Luxury' hot cross buns are the devil's work
I'm not insisting on buns as a method of strict ascesis, like wearing a hair-shirt or sitting for years on a pillar. Yet, by a paradox, buns have ... «Telegraph.co.uk, Mar 15»
Father Cantalamessa gives his third Lenten sermon in the Vatican
This is a necessary ascesis, but from it come forth the fruits of the Spirit of love, joy, and peace. “Blessed is that servant,” writes St. Francis of ... «Vatican Radio, Mar 15»
Last Word: Measured Pains
Spiritual progress entails the ascesis and mortification that gradually lead to living in the peace and joy of the Beatitudes” (2015). On the other ... «Commonweal, Mar 15»
Last Temptation of Christ & American Christian Responses to ISIS
We are traditionally invited to practice ascesis. That is to say, we are exhorted to gives up habits that hold us back from full human flourishing. «Patheos, Feb 15»
Should Bishops Live In Luxury?
It is incumbent on all of us to practice ascesis and self-mortification; but I would add that it is particularly incumbent on those who have powerful ... «Patheos, Nov 14»
Ghosts of Colson & Neuhaus
Later, I reflected on how in the Commedia, ascesis (on Mount Purgatory) is precisely how the repentant sinners bring order back to their own ... «The American Conservative, Oct 14»
Advice for Grad School Students
Study can—and should—be a form of ascesis, a means by which we are drained of our own pride and harmful desires. That is neither easy nor ... «First Things, Sep 14»
From simple husband to ascetical priest
I have long thought that the near extinction of clerical ascesis in my lifetime has played a pivotal role in the sexual upheaval enveloping the ... «Catholic Culture, Sep 14»
Do Not Worry About the Extraordinary Synod on the Family. Instead …
There is also a domestic ascesis, a way of living an ascetical life, when we embrace the real struggles involved in living Christian marriage and ... «Catholic Online, Sep 14»
