Reaching for Perfection: Studies on the Means and Goals of Ascetical Practices in an Interreligious Perspective (Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium, 329)

"This volume contains the proceedings of an international conference on the relation between asceticism and aspirations about reaching for perfection held at the University of Leuven 21-23 October 2019 and organised in the framework of Kosmoi, an association of Leuven colleagues from various disciplines working in the field of religious studies. Contributors were asked to integrate in their essay (aspects of) one of the following four basic topics: (1) the goal and purpose of living an ascetic life; (2) the means, both material and immaterial, available for reaching this goal; (3) the place of asceticism within the whole of religious practices in a particular religious tradition; and (4) the challenges and dangers of adopting such a lifestyle. These topics are addressed in various religious traditions, with a focus on Christian tradition - Western and Eastern, and through various approaches - historical, anthropological, and more philosophical." --Provided by publisher 103519_Verheyden_BETL329_00_VW 103519_Verheyden_BETL329_01_Introduction 103519_Verheyden_BETL329_02_Lampe 103519_Verheyden_BETL329_03_Meara 103519_Verheyden_BETL329_04_Vergaeren 103519_Verheyden_BETL329_05_Venetskov 103519_Verheyden_BETL329_06_Bitton-Ashkelony 103519_Verheyden_BETL329_07_Faesen 103519_Verheyden_BETL329_08_Koch 103519_Verheyden_BETL329_09_Clements 103519_Verheyden_BETL329_10_Esler 103519_Verheyden_BETL329_11_Benn 103519_Verheyden_BETL329_12_Index-of-Authors 103519_Verheyden_BETL329_13_Index-of-Sources 103519_Verheyden_BETL329_14_Lijst_BETL-121b