Christianity was far from the only ascetic Roman salvation movement, FWIW. Augustine and the Manichees, anyone?
--- joanna <123hop at comcast.net> wrote:
>
> There is no reason why asceticism had to have one
> cause. If I remember
> right, Kautsky focuses on why members of the ruling
> class were attracted
> to Xtianity, and one of the reasons was its
> asceticism, which provided
> an alternative to the excesses of the Roman masters.
> In the context of
> those excesses, it is actually reasonable to suppose
> that an ascetic
> creed might promise more real sensual satisfaction
> than a vomitorium.
>
> It is important to understand this because it
> explains some of the
> current attraction of islamic cultural practices.
>
> Joanna
>
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