The Ascetic Self
Flood, Gavin D. / Gavin, Flood![The Ascetic Self](https://support.digitalhusky.com/media/annotations/sorted/172/1724463/CHSBZCOP031724463.jpg)
Focusing on Christianity, Buddhism and Hinduism, this book argues that asceticism must be understood within the boundaries of tradition. It exemplifies a completely new paradigm for comparative religion which seeks to avoid a problematic universalism on the one hand and an area-specific relativism on the other. The volume's original contribution to methodology will be influential in the future development of comparative religious studies.