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asceticism

[aset′isiz′əm]

Etymology: Gk, askein, to exercise

(in psychiatry) a defense mechanism that involves repudiation of all instinctual impulses. The concept is derived from the religious doctrine that material things are evil and only spiritual things are good.

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No references found			After all, in the words of the authors of A Manual of Pastoral Theology (1932), "the cure of souls is an expert's task, demanding a knowledge, not only of psychology, but of the Church's tradition of moral and ascetical theology. Divine madness: the dilemma of religious scruples in ... by Bourke, Joanna / Journal of Social History Benefits of ascetics From what I have said thus far, it seems abundantly clear that fasting represents an important ascetical practice, a spiritual arm to do battle against every possible disordered attachment to ourselves. 'Fasting is a great help to avoid sin and all that leads to it' by Catholic Insight Muller-Bardoff links the abundance of single women to an ascetical movement traceable to the eschatological fervor attested in 1 Corinthians (1958, 60). The modern American "widow," the church and the formation of public ... by Perrin, Nicholas / Forum on Public Policy: A Journal of the Oxford Round Table			ascaridol Ascaris Ascaris lumbricoides Ascarops ascending ascending aorta ascending artery ascending colon ascending current ascending degeneration ascending lumbar vein ascending neuritis ascending neuropathy ascending paralysis ascending pharyngeal artery ascending poliomyelitis ascending pyelonephritis ascending reticular activating system ascending testis ascending tick paralysis ascending tract ascending urography ascensus medullae ASCENT ascertainment ascetical asceticism ASCH Aschelminthes Ascher's syndrome Aschheim-Zondek Aschheim-Zondek test Aschoff bodies Aschoff body ASCI ascites ascites adiposus ascites praecox ascitic fluid Asclepiades Asclepiadora decumbens Asclepias ASCLT ASCO Ascoli test ascomycete Ascomycetes Ascomycota Ascomycotina ascorbase ascorbate			ascertaining ascertaining ascertainment ascertainment ascertainment ascertains ascertains ASCES Ascesi Ascesi Ascesi Ascesi ascesis Ascessancy ASCET Ascetes Ascetes Ascetes Ascetes ascetic ascetic ascetic ascetic Ascetic practices Ascetic practices Ascetic practices Ascetic practices Ascetic Theology Ascetica Ascetica ascetical Ascetical theology ascetically ascetically ascetically asceticism asceticism asceticism asceticism Ascetics Ascetics Ascetics Ascetics Ascetism Ascetism Ascetism Ascetism Ascetosporea Ascetosporea ASCETT ASCF ASCFG ASCG Asch Asch Asch Asch Asch Schariqa Asch, Moses Asch, Sholem Asch, Sholem

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asceticism (redirected from ascetical)

asceticism
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