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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...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Thurlkill, Mary F., 1969- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]
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.