Norm and Exercise

Christian asceticism between late antiquity and early middle ages
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-3-515-12154-5
Verlag: Franz Steiner

Buch, Deutsch, Englisch, Band Band 65, 202 Seiten, Kartoniert, Format (B × H): 170 mm x 240 mm, Gewicht: 360 g

Reihe: Potsdamer Altertumswissenschaftliche Beiträge

The Christian ascetic way of life clustered mainly around the Mediterranean and roughly covered the period between 350 and 800. It is determined by norm and exercise. But what are norm and exercise with regard to Christian asceticism? Whatever renunciations may be required in order to practice a given ascetic regimen, no goal can be achieved without a specific technique (or a set of exercises) and without following a principle of order (or a norm). This implies an intense dialectic which sometimes seems to resolve into a perfect identity: regula et vita, "rule and life", or, in a more neutral language, "norm and exercise". This set of papers addresses this crucial point and thereby challenges the usual chronological as well as geographical divisions in the history of early Christianity. As a result, the categories of norm and exercise are presented as a new solution to put the available sources in order.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Alciati, Roberto

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Alte Geschichte & Archäologie Geschichte der klassischen Antike Spätantike
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Frühes Christentum, Patristik, Christliche Archäologie

Über Autor(innen)

Alciati, Roberto
Roberto Alciati is Research Fellow at the University of Rome "La Sapienza" and is serving as temporary Lecturer at the University of Florence (History of Ancient Christianity). His research focuses mainly on history of asceticism and monasticim.