Hairshirted

The Gospels, contrasting Jesus with the hairshirted John the Baptist, and placing him with revelers and at dinner tables, […]

Even a hairshirted Calvinist derived pleasure from his righteous self-deprivation: Sacrifice can be its own reward and source of perverse joy.

Distinguished scientists are beginning to confront the notion that to save the planet, an age of hair-shirted austerity is now necessary.