Clothed in the Body : Asceticism, the Body and the Spiritual in the Late Antique Era.

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This book explores religious anthropology and asceticism from its biblical and desert roots and within eastern patristic writers including Ephrem, Pseudo-Macarius and Climacus. Hunt examines the apparent paradox that Jesus' earthly existence and post resurrection appearances are experienced thr...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Hunt, Hannah
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Farnham : Ashgate Pub., 2012.
Colección:Ashgate studies in philosophy & theology in late antiquity.
Temas:
30-600
Human body > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Theological anthropology > Christianity > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Asceticism > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Ascétisme > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Anthropology.
BODY, MIND & SPIRIT > Sacred Sexuality.
Asceticism > Early church.
Theological anthropology > Christianity > History of doctrines > Early church.
Electronic books.
History.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; 1 Introduction; 2 Greek Insights into the Human Person; 3 Biblical Understandings of Flesh, Body and Soul; 4 Desert Teachings on the Body and Asceticism; 5 'Virgins of God': Manly Women and Transvestite Saints; 7 The Syrian Perspective on Asceticism; 8 Key Syrian Sources: Apocrypha and Anonymity; 9 Pseudo-Macarius, Messalianism and Synaesthesia; 10 'Clothed in the Body' as a Metaphor for Incarnation; 11 Heterodox Christologies and the Heresiarchs; 12 Orthodox Patristic Formulations; 13 Conclusion; Bibliography; Index of Biblical Terms.

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