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157 | www.limina-graz.eu Isabelle Jonveaux | Transfers des Fastens | BIOGRAPHY PD Dr. Isabelle Jonveaux ist Soziologin und Mitglied des Centres d’Etudes en Sciences Sociales du Religieux (EHESS Paris). Ihr Forschungsschwerpunkt ist das Klosterleben heute in Europa und Afrika. Sie schrieb ihre Habilitation über neue Formen des Fastens. ORCID 0000 0002 1446 4805 | KEY WORDS Askese; Fasten; Katholizismus; Kloster; Transfer among religious as well as ‘holistic’ circles of a new spirituality. Fasting, there- fore, exemplifies the transfer of ascetic practices from monastic to secular com- munities. However, it also reveals this transfer to be reciprocal as monasteries, for example, offer fasting retreats according to the Buchinger-Lützner method, and monks and nuns take up this fasting practice. This article traces the evolution of fasting and its transfer from a religio-soci- ological perspective. Findings will be presented from field research in Catholic monasteries in Austria as well as observations at fasting and walking retreats.