given the ascetic lifestyle of Byzantine monastics. Two years later, a groundbreaking study, set to be published in April ...

Asceticism in Christianity as practiced for centuries can comprise an array of devotional practices from fasting to meditation. But it’s this more extreme form of asceticism, first documented in ...

José Mujica, former Uruguayan president, storied Marxist guerrilla, and simple-living philosopher, has passed away at 89. Renowned for his transformative leadership, Mujica legalized marijuana and ...

At first, the tedium of Hirayama’s ascetic lifestyle seems about as far from “perfect” as one could imagine. But little by little you start to see his philosophy for what it really is ...