Scenting salvation : ancient Christianity and the olfactory imagination /

This book explores the role of bodily, sensory experience in early Christianity (first - seventh centuries AD) by focusing on the importance of smell in ancient Mediterranean culture. Following its legalization in the fourth century Roman Empire, Christianity cultivated a dramatically flourishing de...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Harvey, Susan Ashbrook
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2006.
Series:Transformation of the classical heritage ; 42.
Joan Palevsky imprint in classical literature.
Subjects:
Geschichte 30-600
Smell > Religious aspects > Christianity > History.
Senses and sensation > Religious aspects > Christianity > History.
Odors.
Worship.
Sacrifice.
Smell.
Smell
Odorants
Odorat > Aspect religieux > Christianisme > Histoire.
Sens et sensations > Aspect religieux > Christianisme > Histoire.
Odeurs.
Cultes.
Odorat.
odors.
worship.
smell (sense)
RELIGION > Christian Life > General.
HISTORY > Ancient > General.
Smell > Religious aspects > Christianity
Odors
Sacrifice
Senses and sensation > Religious aspects > Christianity
Worship
Frühchristentum
Geruchssinn
Geruch
Geruchswahrnehmung
Religiöse Erfahrung
Christliche Existenz
History
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • The olfactory context : smelling the early Christian world
  • The Christian body : ritually fashioned experience
  • Olfaction and Christian knowing
  • Redeeming scents : ascetic models
  • Sanctity and stench
  • Resurrection, sensation, and knowledge.

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