Monastic life in the Christian and Hindu traditions : a comparative study / edited by Austin B. Creel and Vasudha Narayanan.
Material type: TextSeries: Studies in comparative religion (Lewiston, N.Y.) ; v. 3.Publication details: Lewiston, [N.Y.] : Edwin Mellen Press, c1990.Description: xiii, 593 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:- 0889465002 (series)
- 0889465029
- 255 20 C861m
- BL631 .M65 1990
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Includes bibliographical references (p. [577]-586) and index.
Some roots and branches of Hindu monasticism / Joseph W. Elder -- Asceticism and "Singleness of Mind" in the desert fathers / David E. Linge -- The emergence of the monastic ideal / Ewert H. Cousins -- Pray at fixed times, pray always / Philip Timko -- Village vs. wilderness / J. Patrick Olivelle -- "Renunciation" in saffron and white robes / Vasudha Narayanan -- The renunciation of renunciation in monastic life / Patrick J. Geary -- Monasticism and renaissance culture / Timothy C. Verdon -- Asceticism and monasticism as reflected in Indian art / Michael Meister -- A non-Brāhmaṇ Tamil Śaiva Mutt / Glenn E. Yocum.
Tradition and modernization in the organization of the Daśanāmī Saṁnyāsins / Wade H. Dazey -- Cartographic patterns of Cluniac monasticism / Barbara Rosenwein -- Love and the monastic community / George A. Hillery, Jr. -- Ordering our understanding of monastic order / Dennis E. Owen -- Laicization of the ascetic ideal / R. Blake Michael -- Monasticism and church renewal / Lawrence Cunningham -- Asceticism denounced and embraced / John S. Hawley -- Domesticity and detachment / T. N. Madan -- The monastic syndrome in the comparative study of culture / Mark Juergensmeyer.
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