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

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"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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Crislip, Andrew T. (Andrew Todd)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Leid
Krankheit
Heiligkeit
Christentum
Askese
Asceticism > Early church
Chronic diseases.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Vie > Aspect economique.
Maladies chroniques.
Ascetisme > Histoire > ca 30-600 (Église primitive)
History, Ancient
Value of Life
Chronic Disease
Christianity > history
Asceticism > History > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Human body > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Diseases > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600.
Suffering > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines > Early church, ca. 30-600.
History
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • 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.

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