The Garb of Being : Embodiment and the Pursuit of Holiness in Late Ancient Christianity

This collection of essays explores how the body became a touchstone for late antique practice and religious imagination through stories from the eastern Christian world of antiquity: monks and martyrs, families and congregations, and textual bodies from antiquity subject to modern interpretations.

Detalles Bibliográficos
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: [Place of publication not identified] FORDHAM University, 2019.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Temas:
Human body > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Holiness.
Church history > Primitive and early church.
Christian literature, Early.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > History.
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.
Electronic books.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:This collection of essays explores how the body became a touchstone for late antique practice and religious imagination through stories from the eastern Christian world of antiquity: monks and martyrs, families and congregations, and textual bodies from antiquity subject to modern interpretations.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (348 pages).
ISBN:9780823287048

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