The Making of the Self: Ancient and Modern Asceticism by Richard Valantasis
English | 15 Mar. 2008 | ISBN: 1556352867 | 338 Pages | EPUB/AZW3/PDF (conv) | 5.32 MB
Description: A leading scholar of ascetical studies, Richard Valantasis explores a variety of ascetical traditions ranging from the Greco-Roman philosophy of Musonius Rufus, the asceticism found in the Nag Hammadi Library and in certain Gnostic texts, the Gospel of Thomas, and other early Christian texts.