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Thorns in the Flesh : Illness and Sanctity in Late Ancient Christianity /

"The literature of late ancient Christianity is rich both in saints who lead lives of almost Edenic health and in saints who court and endure horrifying diseases. In such narratives, health and illness might signify the sanctity of the ascetic, or invite consideration of a broader theology of i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Autor principal: Crislip, Andrew T. (Andrew Todd)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013.
Edición:1st ed.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Illness, sanctity, and asceticism in antiquity : approaches and contexts
  • Asceticism, health, and Christian salvation history : perspectives from the earliest monastic sources
  • Paradise, health, and the hagiographical imagination
  • Choosing illness : illness as ascetic practice
  • Pestilence and sainthood : the great Coptic Life of our Father Pachomius
  • Illness and spiritual direction in late ancient Gaza : the correspondence of Barsanuphius and John with the sick Monk Andrew.