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The way of the ascetics
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Tito Colliander |
This rich, compact introduction to the Eastern Christian spiritual tradition provides insightful reflections on self-control and inner peace. Colliander includes succinct yet profound extracts from t… |
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Ascetic Discourses
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Isaiah Abba |
Written in the fifth century, during one of the most formative periods of Christian monasticism in Egypt and Palestine, The Ascetic Discourses show a strong influence of the Scripture, both Old and N… |
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Confessions
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Augustine of Hippo |
Garry Wills’s complete translation of Saint Augustine’s spiritual masterpiece—available now for the first time Garry Wills is an exceptionally gifted translator and one of our best writers on religio… |
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Isaac of Nineveh's ascetical eschatology
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Scully, Jason (Assistant professor) |
"Isaac of Nineveh's Ascetical Eschatology demonstrates that Isaac's eschatology is an original synthesis based on ideas garnered from a distinctively Syriac cultural milieu. Jason Scully investigates… |
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The Jewish pleasure principle
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Reuven P. Bulka |
Index. Includes bibliographic notes. |
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Headings on spiritual knowledge
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Isaac Bishop of Nineveh |
"Appearing for the first time in English, this volume contains a translation of the Kephalaia Gnostika, the first three chapters of the recently-discovered "Second Part" of the corpus of St Isaac of … |
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Making transcendents
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Robert Ford Campany |
"By the middle of the third century B. CE. in China there were individuals who sought to become transcendents (xian) - deathless, godlike beings endowed with supernormal powers. The search for transc… |
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Way of the Ascetics
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Colliander, Tito |
"Way of the Ascetics is a rich, compact introduction for modern readers to the Eastern Christian spiritual tradition that has been an inspiration to millions for centuries. These compassionate and in… |
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