Author

Publication

1998 - Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, Pa, Pennsylvania

Language

English

Word Count

69,500 words, Guess

Page Count

278 pages

Identifiers

  • Open LibraryOL686695M
  • ISBN-100271017546
  • OCLC Control Number37345762
  • Library of Congress Control Number97033621
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  • LibraryThing9534

Classifications

  • DDC306.6/4847/0902
  • LCCBR270 .K34 1998

Description

Max Weber argued that medieval religious movements were an important source for the distinctive rationality of Western civilization. He intended to study this theme but died before he could do so. In Schools of Asceticism, Lutz Kaelber builds on Weber's ideas by presenting a fresh analysis of asceticism in orthodox and heretical religious groups in the Middle Ages. Based on extensive research using primary and secondary sources, this book bridges the disciplines of comparative and historical sociology, medieval history, and religious studies.

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Other Editions

  • Schools of asceticism: ideology and organization in medieval religious communitiesPennsylvania State University Press1998-01-01

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