Nathan G. Jennings's captivating study explores the ascetical logic of the various practices
that Christians call theology. By establishing ascetic practice as coherent within the logic of
Christian thought Jennings argues that Christian theology itself as an embodied Christian
practice is a type of and participant in Christian asceticism. Jennings establishes that the
implications of such an understanding of Christian theology can be brought to bear on modern
Christian scholarship in profound and transformative ways. With engagements and references that
span a vast terrain from Patristic authors to modern systematic theologians Theology as
Ascetic Act: Disciplining Christian Discourse is a significant contribution to both modern
Christian thought and the study of asceticism.
