Sacred scents in early Christianity and Islam /
This book examines the "sweet smells of sanctity" within early Christianity and Islam. It is a comparative study of two nascent religious communities, located in disparate times and space, employing scent to define cultural, social, and theological ideals. It will be of interest to scholar...
Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
Idioma: | Inglés |
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Lanham, Maryland :
Lexington Books,
[2016]
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Colección: | Studies in body and religion.
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Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Sensory worlds
- Scent in civic and domestic space
- Fragrant food
- Smells of health and disease
- Sacred scents
- God's nostrils
- Transforming the body: scent in early Christianity
- Purifying the body: scent in early Islam
- Scents of paradise
- Heavenly scents.