Asceticism in the Graeco-Roman World

by Richard Finn

Book Overview

Asceticism deploys abstention, self-control, and self-denial, to order oneself or a community in relation to the divine. Both its practices and the cultural ideals they expressed were important to... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0521681545
• ISBN13: 9780521681544
• Release Date: July 2009
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.9" x 9.0"