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Ascetic Saints

Ascetic Saints is a category of saintly figures within hagiographic literature distinguished by their rigorous practice of self-denial, bodily mortification, and withdrawal from worldly society in pursuit of spiritual purification and divine union.

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Golden mouth: the story of John Chrysostom--ascetic, preacher, bishop

Choice Reviews Online · 1996 · 150 citations

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The Buddhist Saints of the Forest and the Cult of Amulets: A Study in Charisma, Hagiography, Sectarianism, and Millennial Buddhism

Martin Southwold, S. J. Tambiah · Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion · 1985 · 102 citations

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LIBRARY OF CHRISTIAN CLASSICS

Winthrop S. Hudson · Journal of the American Academy of Religion · 1959 · 98 citations

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The Ascetic Body and the (Un)Making of the World of the Martyr

Maureen A. Tilley · Journal of the American Academy of Religion · 1991 · 97 citations

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"Virgins of God": The Making of Asceticism in Late Antiquity.

Jo Ann McNamara, Susanna Elm · The American Historical Review · 1996 · 97 citations

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Authors

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  1. PR
    Philip Rousseau

    University of Auckland, New Zealand

    3 publications · 139 citations

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  2. LH
    Léonie Hayne

    The University of Sydney, Australia

    2 publications · 41 citations

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  3. RS
    Rimgaila Salys

    1 publications · 13 citations

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  4. JA
    Jo Ann McNamara

    Hunter College, United States

    1 publications · 97 citations

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  5. SH
    Sidney H. Griffith

    University of America, United States

    1 publications · 92 citations

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Institutions

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  1. University of Glasgow

    Glasgow, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    91 citations

  2. Colgate Rochester Crozer Divinity School

    Rochester, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    98 citations

  3. University of North Carolina at Greensboro

    Greensboro, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

  4. University of Tennessee at Knoxville

    Knoxville, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  5. University of Mary Washington

    Fredericksburg, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    61 citations

  6. Florida State University

    Tallahassee, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    97 citations

  7. Roosevelt University

    Chicago, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    17 citations

  8. The University of Sydney

    Sydney, Australia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    23 citations

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Venues

  1. Choice Reviews Online

    CRO · 6 publications · 319 citations

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  2. Journal of early Christian studies

    3 publications · 177 citations

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  3. Journal of the American Academy of Religion

    3 publications · 207 citations

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  4. Church History

    3 publications · 98 citations

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  5. Vigiliae Christianae

    2 publications · 41 citations

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