Holy Matter : Changing Perceptions of the Material World in Late Medieval Christianity /

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"A magnificent proliferation of new Christ-centered devotional practices--including affective meditation, imitative suffering, crusade, Eucharistic cults and miracles, passion drama, and liturgical performance--reveals profound changes in the Western Christian temperament of the twelfth century...

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Main Author: Ritchey, Sara Margaret (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Ithaca : Cornell University Press, 2014.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Materialität
Leiblichkeit
Kultgegenstand
Frömmigkeit
Christentum
Theology, Doctrinal > Middle Ages.
Spiritual life > Christianity > History of doctrines > Middle Ages.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > General.
Theologie dogmatique > Histoire > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Theologie naturelle > Histoire des doctrines > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Nature > Aspect religieux > Église catholique > Histoire des doctrines > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Theology, Doctrinal > History > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Natural theology > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Spiritual life > Christianity > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Nature > Religious aspects > Catholic Church > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
History.
Electronic book.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary:"A magnificent proliferation of new Christ-centered devotional practices--including affective meditation, imitative suffering, crusade, Eucharistic cults and miracles, passion drama, and liturgical performance--reveals profound changes in the Western Christian temperament of the twelfth century and beyond. This change has often been attributed by scholars to an increasing emphasis on God's embodiment in the incarnation and crucifixion of Christ. In Holy Matter, Sara Ritchey offers a fresh narrative explaining theological and devotional change by journeying beyond the human body to ask how religious men and women understood the effects of God's incarnation on the natural, material world. She finds a remarkable willingness on the part of medieval Christians to embrace the material world--its trees, flowers, vines, its worms and wolves--as a locus for divine encounter"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (248 pages).
ISBN:9780801470950

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