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Asceticism in the Christian Transformation of Self in Margery Kempe, William Thorpe, and John Rogers
| Author: | Warren, Martin L. | |
| Year: | 2003 | |
| Pages: | 200 | |
| ISBN: | 0-7734-6772-6 978-0-7734-6772-9 | |
| Price: | $159.95 | |
This study examines three texts to show how the practice of asceticism leads to the creation of self and self-narration: the Book of Margery Kempe; the Examination of William Thorpe; and John Rogers’s Ohel or Beth-Shemesh. It first discusses the development of Christian asceticism (eremitic and cenobitic) and its purpose, and then goes on to compare the three texts.
Table of Contents
Table of contents (main headings):
Introduction
1. The Development of Christian Asceticism (Egyptian Cenobite; John Cassian; the Benedictine rule)
2. Margery Kempe (female spirituality; medieval theology and women; virginal integrity-the goal of holiness; marriage and sexuality in the lives of Margery Kempe and contemporaries)
3. William Thorpe – A Self-Textualization in the Style of Heroic Hagiography of the Eremitic Ascetics (St. Anthony; Temptation and Trial; the Wilderness Church)
4. John Rogers – The “Confession of Experience” as a Technology of the Self (Lollards; predestination; Calvinism; John Bunyan; Confessional Experience)
Conclusion
Bibliography; Index
Introduction
1. The Development of Christian Asceticism (Egyptian Cenobite; John Cassian; the Benedictine rule)
2. Margery Kempe (female spirituality; medieval theology and women; virginal integrity-the goal of holiness; marriage and sexuality in the lives of Margery Kempe and contemporaries)
3. William Thorpe – A Self-Textualization in the Style of Heroic Hagiography of the Eremitic Ascetics (St. Anthony; Temptation and Trial; the Wilderness Church)
4. John Rogers – The “Confession of Experience” as a Technology of the Self (Lollards; predestination; Calvinism; John Bunyan; Confessional Experience)
Conclusion
Bibliography; Index