Asceticism, or Zuhd, is to abandon the desire for something for the sake of something which is better, and to abandon the comfort of this world for the sake of that of the Hereafter. It also means ...

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How do religiously conservative parents prepare their children to live by the religion’s teachings on sex and sexuality? Back in Dallas, I once listened to a conversation among Evangelical women who ...

IN Lecky’s History of European Morals there is a painful chapter describing the rise of monasticism in the Egyptian desert during the second and third centuries of our era. Lecky is a renowned writer ...

Whether giving up chocolate for Lent, taking a break from social media or abstaining from sex, asceticism can come in many forms. "Asceticism is any sort of bodily discipline for a spiritual or ...

In the middle of a muggy summer in southern Indiana, with daytime temperatures near or over 100 degrees, it is hot on our little organic vegetable farm in the Ohio River valley. And although we have ...

Asceticism entails renouncing something, so one cannot be called an ascetic except when he is capable of obtaining something but instead refrains from it out of asceticism. Thus, whoever renounces ...

Do eating disorders manifest because there is a paucity of symbolic provisions for women's spirituality? Do women thus experience an imbalance between their body's size and their inner life? In 1380, ...

In The Life Changing Magic of Tidying Up, the Japanese cleaning consultant Marie Kondo offers simple advice: go through all of your possessions, one by one, and ask yourself, “Does this bring me joy?” ...