The first discovery of a woman’s remains at a Byzantine monastery challenges long-held beliefs about early Christian ...

An archaeological discovery near Jerusalem has shaken the foundations of historical knowledge about asceticism in the Byzantine era. A team of scientists from the Weizmann Institute of Science and the ...

Ascetic practice like this is, above all, centred upon the self, and is totally dependent on man's will. Its intellectual character betrays the fullness of human nature, in that it takes no account of ...

He is interested in secularism and religious conflict as well as the connections between religious and political practices, institutions, and discourses in early modern and modern worlds. His research ...

Karesansui is a dry-gardening style that developed in the 14th century from ascetic practices at Zen temples. Monks meditate for enlightenment in a world of rippling patterns and curious rock ...