less than 1 minute read

Asceticism

Western AsceticismBibliography



Auer, Albert. Die philosophischen Grundlagen der Askese. Salzburg, Austria: Jgonta, 1946.

Deth, Ron van, and Walter Vandereycken. From Fasting Saints to Anorexic Girls. New York: New York University Press, 1994.

Dinzelbacher, Peter. "Über die Körperlichkeit in der mittelalterlichen Frömmigkeit." In Bild und Abbild vom Menschen im Mittelalter, edited by Elisabeth Vavra, 49–87. Klagenfurt, Austria: Wieser, 1999.

Gougaud, Louis. Devotional and Ascetic Practices in the Middle Ages. Translated by G. G. Bateman. London: Burns, Oates and Washbourne, 1927.

Lehmann, Hartmut. "Asketischer Protestantismus und ökonomischer Rationalismus." In Max Webers Sicht des okzidentalen Christentums, edited by Wolfgang Schluchter, 529–553. Frankfurt, Germany: Suhrkamp, 1988.

Ranke-Heinemann, Uta. Eunuchs for the Kingdom of Heaven. Translated by Peter Heinegg. New York: Penguin, 1991.

Schjelderup, Kristian. Die Askese. Berlin: de Gruyter, 1928. Vaage, Leif E., and Vincent L. Wimbush, eds. Asceticism and the New Testament. New York: Routledge, 1999.

Viller, Marcel, ed. Dictionnaire de spiritualité ascétique et mystique. 16 vols. Paris: Beauchesne, 1932–.

Viller, Marcel, and Karl Rahner. Aszese und Mystik in der Väterzeit. 2nd ed. Freiburg, Germany: Herder, 1990.

Wimbush, Vincent L., and Richard Valantasis, eds. Asceticism. New York: Oxford University Press, 1995.

Zöckler, Otto. Askese und Mönchtum. Frankfurt, Germany: Heyder and Zimmer, 1897.

Additional topics

Science EncyclopediaScience & Philosophy: Anticolonialism in Southeast Asia - Categories And Features Of Anticolonialism to Ascorbic acidAsceticism - Western Asceticism - The Ancients, Early Christianity, The Middle Ages, The Early Modern Period, Modernity, Conclusion