{"id":2382,"date":"2023-10-06T11:55:27","date_gmt":"2023-10-06T18:55:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nau.edu\/ccs\/?p=2382"},"modified":"2023-10-06T12:19:25","modified_gmt":"2023-10-06T19:19:25","slug":"ccs-professor-dr-jason-beduhn-will-present-a-public-lecture-at-the-catholic-university-of-america-on-oct-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/ccs-professor-dr-jason-beduhn-will-present-a-public-lecture-at-the-catholic-university-of-america-on-oct-11\/","title":{"rendered":"CCS Professor Dr. Jason BeDuhn will present a public lecture at The Catholic University of America on Oct. 11"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-uncropped-small wp-image-2383\" src=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/department-comparative-cultural-studies\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/3376_jason_beduhn_20181003-1-200x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"200\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/3376_jason_beduhn_20181003-1-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/3376_jason_beduhn_20181003-1-150x225.jpg 150w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/3376_jason_beduhn_20181003-1-300x450.jpg 300w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/3376_jason_beduhn_20181003-1-400x600.jpg 400w, https:\/\/in.nau.edu\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/333\/3376_jason_beduhn_20181003-1.jpg 600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 200px) 100vw, 200px\" \/>Professor of the Comparative Study of Religions Dr. Jason BeDuhn will present an invited public lecture, &#8220;Rethinking Asceticism through the Example of the Manichaeans&#8221; at The Catholic University of America on Oct. 11, 2023.<\/p>\n<p>Abstract:\u00a0Manichaeans and Christians share many ascetic practices and common ideals of the disciplined, perfected body.\u00a0 Yet the respective motivations and purposes of these ascetic regimes differ significantly between the two traditions, calling into question whether they belong to a common \u201casceticism\u201d of late ancient religious culture.\u00a0 Manichaeans situate ascetic disciplines in relation to ritual preparation and efficacy, placing the ascetic specialist in continuity with the rule-bound lives of ancient priests as mediators of the sacred.\u00a0 Have we underestimated such ritual connections in Christian and other ascetic traditions?<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Professor of the Comparative Study of Religions Dr. Jason BeDuhn will present an invited public lecture, &#8220;Rethinking Asceticism through the Example of the Manichaeans&#8221; at The Catholic University of America on Oct. 11, 2023. 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