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The Body and Society: Men, Women and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity The Body and Society: Men, Women and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.26 — 432 ratings — published 1988
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Way of the Ascetics: The Ancient Tradition of Discipline and Inner Growth Way of the Ascetics: The Ancient Tradition of Discipline and Inner Growth (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.59 — 508 ratings — published 1952
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The New Asceticism The New Asceticism (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 227 ratings — published
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The Philokalia, Volume 1: The Complete Text The Philokalia, Volume 1: The Complete Text (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.50 — 1,434 ratings — published 1983
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Making of the Self, The: Ancient and Modern Asceticism Making of the Self, The: Ancient and Modern Asceticism (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.67 — 6 ratings — published 2008
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Asceticism of the Mind: Forms of Attention and Self-Transformation in Late Antique Monasticism Asceticism of the Mind: Forms of Attention and Self-Transformation in Late Antique Monasticism (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.50 — 6 ratings — published
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The Mystic Mind The Mystic Mind (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.11 — 9 ratings — published 2005
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Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India Nine Lives: In Search of the Sacred in Modern India (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.07 — 8,747 ratings — published 2009
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The Sex Lives of Saints: An Erotics of Ancient Hagiography (Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion) The Sex Lives of Saints: An Erotics of Ancient Hagiography (Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion)
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avg rating 3.92 — 66 ratings — published 2003
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The Way of the Rose: The Radical Path of the Divine Feminine Hidden in the Rosary The Way of the Rose: The Radical Path of the Divine Feminine Hidden in the Rosary (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.16 — 1,242 ratings — published 2019
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They Speak by Silences They Speak by Silences (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.70 — 61 ratings — published 1955
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Conversation With Christ: The Teaching of St. Teresa of Avila About Personal Prayer Conversation With Christ: The Teaching of St. Teresa of Avila About Personal Prayer (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.51 — 304 ratings — published 1980
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Christendom: The Triumph of a Religion Christendom: The Triumph of a Religion (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.06 — 465 ratings — published 2020
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Demons and the Making of the Monk: Spiritual Combat in Early Christianity Demons and the Making of the Monk: Spiritual Combat in Early Christianity (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.22 — 37 ratings — published 2006
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All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess All Things Are Too Small: Essays in Praise of Excess (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.54 — 1,453 ratings — published 2024
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In Praise of the Useless Life: A Monk’s Memoir In Praise of the Useless Life: A Monk’s Memoir (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.05 — 297 ratings — published 2018
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Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.09 — 508 ratings — published 2024
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The Cambridge Companion to the Council of Nicaea (Cambridge Companions to Religion) The Cambridge Companion to the Council of Nicaea (Cambridge Companions to Religion)
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avg rating 4.43 — 14 ratings — published
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Embracing Age: How Catholic Nuns Became Models of Aging Well (Global Perspectives on Aging) Embracing Age: How Catholic Nuns Became Models of Aging Well (Global Perspectives on Aging)
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avg rating 4.54 — 13 ratings — published
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Absent Lord: Ascetics and Kings in a Jain Ritual Culture (Comparative Studies in Religion and Society) (Volume 8) Absent Lord: Ascetics and Kings in a Jain Ritual Culture (Comparative Studies in Religion and Society) (Volume 8)
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avg rating 3.71 — 14 ratings — published 1996
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John of Avila: Audi, filia - Listen, O Daughter John of Avila: Audi, filia - Listen, O Daughter (Hardcover)
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avg rating 4.15 — 27 ratings — published 2006
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Less is Enough: On Architecture and Asceticism Less is Enough: On Architecture and Asceticism (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.40 — 382 ratings — published 2013
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The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross The Collected Works of St. John of the Cross (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.48 — 1,536 ratings — published 1618
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A Philosopher Looks at the Religious Life A Philosopher Looks at the Religious Life (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.11 — 90 ratings — published
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Ascetic Culture: Essays in Honor of Philip Rousseau Ascetic Culture: Essays in Honor of Philip Rousseau (Hardcover)
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avg rating 5.00 — 1 rating — published 2013
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In Quest of Beauty In Quest of Beauty (Paperback)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published
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Encyclopedia of Monasticism: 2 volume set Encyclopedia of Monasticism: 2 volume set (Hardcover)
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avg rating 2.00 — 1 rating — published 2000
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The Spiritual World of Isaac the Syrian The Spiritual World of Isaac the Syrian (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.36 — 101 ratings — published 2000
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The Philokalia, Volume 2: The Complete Text The Philokalia, Volume 2: The Complete Text (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.59 — 348 ratings — published 1982
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Monastic Ecological Wisdom: A Living Tradition Monastic Ecological Wisdom: A Living Tradition (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.23 — 13 ratings — published
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Abba Isaiah Of Scetis: Ascetic Discourses (Cistercian Studies Series, #150) Abba Isaiah Of Scetis: Ascetic Discourses (Cistercian Studies Series, #150)
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avg rating 3.50 — 2 ratings — published 2001
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The Burden of the Flesh: Fasting and Sexuality in Early Christianity The Burden of the Flesh: Fasting and Sexuality in Early Christianity (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.78 — 23 ratings — published 1998
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Letters and Asceticism in Fourth-Century Egypt Letters and Asceticism in Fourth-Century Egypt (Hardcover)
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avg rating 0.0 — 0 ratings — published 2000
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The Gospel of Thomas The Gospel of Thomas (ebook)
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avg rating 3.89 — 18 ratings — published 1997
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The New Q The New Q (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.33 — 3 ratings — published 2005
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Great Cloud of Witnesses: How the Dead Make a Living Church Great Cloud of Witnesses: How the Dead Make a Living Church (Kindle Edition)
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avg rating 4.38 — 8 ratings — published
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Ascetics, Authority, and the Church in the Age of Jerome and Cassian Ascetics, Authority, and the Church in the Age of Jerome and Cassian (Paperback)
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avg rating 3.20 — 5 ratings — published 1978
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Reading Renunciation Reading Renunciation (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.14 — 14 ratings — published 1999
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The Cultural Turn in Late Ancient Studies: Gender, Asceticism, and Historiography The Cultural Turn in Late Ancient Studies: Gender, Asceticism, and Historiography (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.00 — 3 ratings — published 2005
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Journeys to Heaven and Hell: Tours of the Afterlife in the Early Christian Tradition Journeys to Heaven and Hell: Tours of the Afterlife in the Early Christian Tradition (Hardcover)
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avg rating 3.76 — 233 ratings — published 2022
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Eternal Echoes: Celtic Reflections on Our Yearning to Belong Eternal Echoes: Celtic Reflections on Our Yearning to Belong (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.43 — 1,162 ratings — published 1998
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The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection (Cistercian Studies, #59) The Sayings of the Desert Fathers: The Alphabetical Collection (Cistercian Studies, #59)
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avg rating 4.30 — 3,553 ratings — published 1975
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How to Live a Holy Life How to Live a Holy Life (Paperback)
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avg rating 4.67 — 91 ratings — published 2005
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Thoreau's Religion: Walden Woods, Social Justice, and the Politics of Asceticism Thoreau's Religion: Walden Woods, Social Justice, and the Politics of Asceticism (ebook)
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avg rating 4.20 — 10 ratings — published 2021
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Milarepa Milarepa (Mass Market Paperback)
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avg rating 3.21 — 3,466 ratings — published 1997
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Abhijit Naskar
“Vanity and validation are for the small of mind,
Himalayan Human has no need for cosmetic adornment.
The Sun is beyond the realms of humility and hubris,
I'm neither humble nor hubrous, just burning with mission.”
Abhijit Naskar, Kral Fakir: When Calls The Kainat

Friedrich Nietzsche
“Read from a distant star, the majuscule script of our earthly existence would perhaps lead to the conclusion that the earth was the distinctively ascetic planet, a nook of disgruntled, arrogant creatures filled with a profound disgust with themselves, at the earth, at all life, who inflict as much pain on themselves as they possibly can out of pleasure in inflicting pain which is probably their only pleasure.”
Friedrich Nietzsche, On the Genealogy of Morals / Ecce Homo

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