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The Fragmentary History of Female Monasticism in Thailand: Community Formation and Development of Monastic Rules by Thai Mae Chis

Religions, 2022
A major challenge in the historical study of female monasticism in Thailand is the paucity of texts written by or about Thai Buddhist female practitioners prior to 1950.
Martin Seeger
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Monasticism, Monotheism, and Monogamy: Past and Present Expressions of the Undivided Life

Religions, 2019
Monasticism first appeared in Christian tradition in the late third and early fourth centuries as a way to practice true religion. Soon after, it also became a way of eschewing the Church’s embrace of political power and the divided loyalties which
Martha Elias Downey
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Monasticism—Then and Now

Religions, 2021
The monastic tradition has its roots in the New Testament practices of withdrawing into the desert, following a celibate lifestyle and disciplines of fasting.
John Binns
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Factor analysis, emotional experience and behavioral feedback of contemporary Chinese youth participating in short-term monasticism: a qualitative study based on the online question-and-answer community Zhihu. [PDF]

Front Psychol
Introduction This study explores the psychological motivations, emotional experiences, and behavioral feedback of contemporary Chinese youth participating in short-term monasticism.
Liu C, Lin LJ, Chen H, Liu TH, Lin HL, Chiou WK.   +5 more
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Resurrecting Mitzpe Shivta: connections between monasticism and economy in the Late Antique Negev Desert

Antiquity, 2023
Occupation of Mitzpe Shivta in the Negev Desert coincided with times of economic and social upheaval and counterculture movements during the sixth and seventh centuries AD.
S. Lehnig, Gil Gambash, Guy Bar-Oz
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Transgenderism, Othering and Third Way Buddhist Monasticism in Chiang Mai, Thailand [PDF]

TRaNS: Trans-Regional and -National Studies of Southeast Asia
, James Taylor
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The Ancient History and the Female Christian Monasticism: Fundamentals and Perspectives [PDF]

Athens Journal of History, 2017
This article aims to discuss about the rediscovery and reinterpretation of the Eastern Monasticism focusing on the Female gender, showing a magnificent area to be explored and that can foment, in a very positive way, a further understanding of the Church'
Paulo Augusto Tamanini
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The Historiography of Medieval Monasticism: Perspectives from Northern Europe

Religions, 2021
The article provides a thematized discussion of the development of the historiography of European monasticism in northern Europe (north Atlantic, North Sea to the Baltic).
E. Jamroziak
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Rediscovering Monasticism through Art

Religions, 2019
Looking at modern monasticism and its role in society one can see how traditional monastic concepts or values find their new forms. On the other hand, art and artists willingly, though not always consciously, use or refer to some monastic themes. In this
Bernard Lukasz Sawicki
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NUNNERIES AND MONASTICISM AS A PART OF THE SOCIAL HISTORY OF RUSSIA OF THE IMPERIAL PERIOD (HISTORIOGRAPHICAL ANALYSIS OF THE STUDIES OF THE 18th-21st CENTURIES)

Вестник Тамбовского университета. Серия: Гуманитарные науки, 2017
There is a historiographical introduction to the study of the history of nunneries and women’s monasticism as an urgent and promising topic that requires the consideration of the scientific experience accumulated by domestic and foreign science.
V. A. Sergunin
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