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Living Sustainably toward Social Justice: Asceticism Revisited

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Theological Perspectives for Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness

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Can a person live a life of self-denial in the service of others and enjoy it? Is such a life liberating? Does this life require withdrawal from this world or rejection of it? A growing number of people would answer a resounding “yes” to the first two questions and an emphatic “no” to the second one, which begs a further question: How does a life of self-denial free a person, bringing joy in the process? How does a life of self-denial square with the pursuit of happiness?

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  1. Paula M. Cooey
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Ada María Isasi-Díaz Mary McClintock Fulkerson Rosemary P. Carbine

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© 2013 Ada María Isasi-Díaz, Mary McClintock Fulkerson, and Rosemary P. Carbine

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Cooey, P.M. (2013). Living Sustainably toward Social Justice: Asceticism Revisited. In: Isasi-Díaz, A.M., Fulkerson, M.M., Carbine, R.P. (eds) Theological Perspectives for Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness. New Approaches to Religion and Power. Palgrave Macmillan, New York. https://doi.org/10.1057/9781137372215_5

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