The Ascetic Self
The Ascetic Self
Cambridge University Press | January 10, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0521843383 | 302 pages | PDF | 1.5 MB
Cambridge University Press | January 10, 2005 | ISBN-10: 0521843383 | 302 pages | PDF | 1.5 MB
Focusing on Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism, this book argues that asceticism must be understood within the boundaries of tradition. It exemplifies a completely new paradigm for comparative religion which seeks to avoid a problematic universalism on the one hand and an area-specific relativism on the other. The volume's original contribution to methodology will be influential in the future development of comparative religious studies.