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Mysticism and Greek monasticism
There is reason to assert that Christian mysticism is as old as Christianity itself. In the Pauline epistles, e.g., there are obvious signs of this fact. The later Christian mysticism has, in a high degree, been inspired by these elements and likewise by
Johannes Rinne
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Living Vinaya in the United States: Emerging Female Monastic Sanghas in the West
From late January to early February 2018, the first Vinaya course in the Tibetan tradition offered in the United States to train Western nuns was held in Sravasti Abbey.
Ching-ning Wang
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Nunnery Life in 16th Century Wallachia – Muşa/Magdalina before and after Taking Vows
The Wallachian monasteries are very well documented in the 16th century, but the life of nuns or monks after joining the monastery is a lesser-known aspect.
Liviu Marius Ilie
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Situating Pārśva’s Biography in Varanasi
This study shows how Varanasi, a site that many people understand to be a sacred Hindu city, has been made “Jain” through its association with the lives of four of the twenty-four enlightened founders of Jainism, the jinas or tīrthaṅkaras. It
Ellen Gough
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By the second half of the third century, Christianity had taken root in the coastal cities of the eastern Tarraconense, especially among common folk, as shown by the Passio Fructuosi and the archaeological finds in Tarraco, Barcino and Gerunda.
Albert Viciano i Vives
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APHRAATES AND MONASTICISM: A REPLY [PDF]
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The article is devoted to the Genesis of monasticism in Ancient Russia as the earliest form of deurbanization in Russian culture. The reasons of the rejection of mundane life, the creation of monasteries accoding to the image of the “heavenly city” and ...
Olga Viktorovna Kireeva
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Hint Kökenli Dinlerde Manastır Yaşamı ve Tekke Hayatı Üzerine Bir İnceleme
Manevi bir hedefe ulaşmak için dünyevi arzuları reddetmek anlamına gelen asketizm ya da zühd hayatı, neredeyse tüm dinlerde izleri bulunan bir yaşam şeklidir. Bu yaşam şeklinin en eski izlerine ise Hint kökenli dinlerde rastlanmaktadır.
Yasin Güzeldal
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Polyonymity in Monasticism. Review of the book: Uspenskij, B. A., & Uspenskij, F. B. (2017). Inocheskiie imena na Rusi [Monastic Names in Medieval Russia]. Moscow; St Petersburg: Institute of Slavic Studies, Russian Academy of Sciences; Nestor History. 344 p. [PDF]
The reviewed book focuses on a particular category of Russian anthroponymy — the names of monastics of all degrees, that is, rassophore, little schema, and great schema.
Sergey O. Goryaev
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The Dissolution of the Monasteries and the Democratisation of Magic in Post-Reformation England
The dissolution of the monasteries in England (1536–1540) forced hundreds of former inmates of religious houses to seek livelihoods outside the cloister to supplement meagre pensions from the crown.
Francis Young
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