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Reinhold Niebuhr argued that one of the fundamental challenges to human existence is the anxiety caused by our desire to be perfect and godlike while knowing we are limited and mortal. This book explores how human adornment practices negotiate anxieties about our finitude. Through our clothing, we o...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Saracino, Michele, 1971-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, ©2012.
Series:Compass series (Fortress Press)
Subjects:
Clothing and dress > Moral and ethical aspects.
Clothing and dress > Religious aspects > Christianity.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Ethics.
Clothing and dress > Moral and ethical aspects
Clothing and dress > Religious aspects > Christianity
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Clothing as spiritual
  • Playing the devil's advocate
  • What's in a name?
  • Overview of the book
  • Vulnerability as a fact of life
  • What to wear?
  • Good stress
  • Bad stress
  • Who am I to judge
  • Perfectionism: the eigth deadly sin?
  • The trouble with hand me downs
  • Out sourcing sin
  • The road not taken
  • Spiritual resources for embracing vulnerability
  • Getting naked with Jesus
  • Making vulnerability fashionable.

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