Kadınlar Arasında Asketizm ve Manastır Hayatı
Asceticism and the Monastic Life Among Women

Summary/Abstract: Christianity, which is close to mysticism due to its internal dynamics, has intertwined with mysticism together with its historical process. However, mysticism is a controversial issue in Christian history in some aspects, such as the mystics' thoughts as compared with church's official teachings, their ascetics lifestyle, and their supremacy over ordinary believers. Another controversial issue is the position of the woman. The position of the woman, which is indicated in the Bible as the responsible for fall from the heaven, is paradoxical in Christianity. Christianity, which is located in two wings between the sin of Eve and the sanctity of Mary, while it allowed women to hold office church duties and sacraments in the early period, as time passed by it began to push them out of the church. However, we see that women are active in mystical Christianity from the early times. Those women prefered mystical lifestyles such as ascetic life, virginity and monastic life. This study has presented women's contribution to the process of mystical development of Christianity with their short life stories.

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