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Dissenting bodies : corporealities in early New England /

For the Puritan separatists of seventeenth-century New England, ""godliness, "" as manifested by the body, was the sign of election, and the body, with its material demands and metaphorical significance, became the axis upon which all colonial activity and religious meaning turne...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Finch, Martha L.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: New York : Columbia University Press, ©2010.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:For the Puritan separatists of seventeenth-century New England, ""godliness, "" as manifested by the body, was the sign of election, and the body, with its material demands and metaphorical significance, became the axis upon which all colonial activity and religious meaning turned. Drawing on literature, documents, and critical studies of embodiment as practiced in the New England colonies, Martha L. Finch launches a fascinating investigation into the scientific, theological, and cultural conceptions of corporeality at a pivotal moment in Anglo-Protestant history. Not only were se.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xiv, 274 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 217-259) and index.
ISBN:9780231511384
0231511388