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The Making of the Self: Ancient and Modern Asceticism

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The Making of the Self: Ancient and Modern Asceticism - Valantasis, Richard
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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.

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The Making of the Self: Ancient and Modern Asceticism 2008, James Clarke Company, Cambridge

ISBN-13: 9780227172810

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