Asceticism

the fall of the Roman Empire in the fifth century, Monasticism rose out of a desire to leave civilization, which had been overtaken by the brutal Germanic Tribes, and devote oneself entirely to prayer and asceticism, in order to imitate Christ. Though the Monastic life of prayer and asceticism gave a new life to the faith and also evangelized the Germanic Tribes. Because of this rapid conversion of the barbaric Germanic Tribes to Christianity, the faith was able to spread at a very rapid pace…

In his time at Aba Island, Ahmad developed his views into an ideological system on an organizational, theoretical, and propaganda level. When he started off in 1868, Ahmad was a scholar, religious intellectual, and preacher. According to Fergus Nicoll, his thinking at this time was a combination of theological intellectual, a set of abstract Islamic ideals he believed in, and a mixture of ideas and influences from various sources which he had found favorable. In the early years of running the…

Nietzsche, noticeable in their works which frequently give out sickly odors of asceticism and morality. He seems particularly prescient of the literature trends of the past century that human beings have need for will, goals, and even nothingness; and therefore concludes that to will is almost a basic necessity as he states that “man would rather will nothingness than not will.” (85). Nietzsche’s major ideas in this part are asceticism and morality, which he critiques, and ‘will’, of which he…

He presented the Puritan’s religious beliefs in relation to their daily contacts. For one to fully grasp their ideology of asceticism, Weber looked deeply at the writings of ministers, in particular Richard Baxter. He understood that Richard Baxter wrote up on the Puritan’s ethics as a favorable construct of their civil character, “Richard Baxter stands out above many other writers…

the role Protestants more specifically Calvinism played in forming a capitalist society noting that religion played a crucial role in the formation of capitalist society. Key concepts: capitalism, Protestantism asceticism, history In “Chapter IV, The Religious Foundations of Worldly Asceticism” historically, there have been four major forms of ascetic Protestantism; Calvinism, Pietism, Methodism, and the Baptist sects. In which, none of these movements are completely detached from each other,…

In his essays titled “On the Vanity of Existence”, “The World as Will and Representation”, and “On the sufferings of the world”, Arthur Schopenhauer discusses the inevitability of suffering in life, what causes it, and what we can do to ease it. In this case the suffering refers to our constant un-satisfaction with our lives because of our need to always have and want more. Throughout this essay I am going to be answering the questions of why suffering is inevitable and what we can do to ease…

things along the way to peace. In this novel, the theme of finding enlightenment through personal experiences is the most valid because Siddhartha goes through asceticism, worldly pleasures, and enlightenment to find peace. In the beginning of the book, Siddhartha is young, innocent, and starts his search for enlightenment with asceticism and learns the limitations of teachings. Siddhartha realizes…

perspectives on human sexuality, there are very few views that are “middle of the road,” so to speak. Generally speaking, these perspectives are either sex positive or they are not. Philosophically, this difference can be noted with hedonism and asceticism. Hedonism embodies pleasure in all its forms, including sexual behavior. It is defined as the “pursuit of pleasure, the avoidance of pain, and the fulfillment of physical needs and desires” (Hyde and DeLamater 483). In the context of sexual…

just like the poor, even the richest need to work in order to eat. “A man without a calling, thus lacks the systematic, methodical character which is, as we have seen, demanded by worldly asceticism” (PESC2, p. 161). The idea of the calling influenced the development of a capitalistic way of thinking. Asceticism was against the spontaneous enjoyment of life (PESC2, p. 166). That implied that they can not enjoy their free time and leisure and they could only do activity that helped increase the…

In the forth to fifth centuries, despite a general preference for asceticism among major theologians of the era, differing ascetic messages emerged in theological writing and teaching as the church began to integrate the general populous into the Christian community. This diversity revels the inherent self-contradiction in Christian asceticism in that it requires denial of the body and renunciation of the flesh, but this teaching needs to be congruous with the inherent goodness of a body created…