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

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

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This collection explores how the body became a touchstone for late antique religious practice and imagination. When we read the stories and testimonies of late ancient Christians, what different types of bodies stand before us? How do we understand the range of bodily experiences-solitary and social...

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Corporate Author: De Gruyter
Other Authors: Abrams Rebillard, Suzanne, Arentzen, Thomas, 1976-, Brock, Sebastian P, Burnett, Frances Young Petit, Falcasantos, Rebecca Stephens, 1980-, Frank, Georgia, 1963- (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Furey, Constance, Griffith, Sidney, Holman, Susan (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Jacobs, Andrew (Editor, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/edt), Krawiec, Rebecca, McNary-Zak, Bernadette, Saint-Laurent, Jeanne-Nicole Mellon, Schroeder, Caroline, Urbano, Arthur
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Fordham University Press, [2019]
Series:Orthodox Christianity and contemporary thought
Subjects:
Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
Christian literature, Early
Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
Holiness
Human body > Religious aspects > Christianity
Asceticism
Early Christianity
Embodiment
Late Antiquity
Orthodoxy
Theology
Church history
Church history > Primitive and early church
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