The nun who lived in chains: First-ever evidence of extreme asceticism found near Jerusalem
Asceticism is the practice of denial of physical or psychological desires in order to attain a spiritual ideal or goal, often ...
Has Lent trivialised asceticism?
After his baptism by John, Jesus was led into the mountain, perhaps not a literal mountain, where he fasted for 40 days and ...
Yahoo12 天
Make Asceticism Great Again?
Scholar and writer Nadya Williams writes this week that those practices have as their root the asceticism practiced by early Christians, some of whom retreated into nearby deserts to forgo ...
JSTOR Daily1 年
Lived Theology: Spirit, Economy, and Asceticism in Irenaeus and His Readers
Your Artstor image groups were copied to Workspace. The Artstor website will be retired on Aug 1st. Vigiliae Christianae Vol. 73, No. 3, 2019 Lived Theology: Spirit, Economy, and Asc... Salvation lies ...
The Jewish Press11 天
World’s First Archaeological Evidence of Nuns’ Asceticism Discovered in Jerusalem
The first archaeological evidence of extreme asceticism practiced by nuns was discovered in Jerusalem. A female skeleton, found wrapped in chains during an excavation by the Israel Antiquities ...
Christian Today10 天
1,500 year old 'Nun of the Rings' found in Israel
Archaeologists in Israel have discovered the remains of a nun who practised an extreme form of asceticism. Dubbed “The Nun of ...
The Jakarta Post29 天
Baduy uphold asceticism, indigenous wisdom against modern schooling
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