The Resurrection of the Body in Western Christianity, 200-1336 |
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| Author:
| Bynum, Caroline Walker |
| Series title: | American Lectures on the History of Religions Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-231-08127-6 |
| Publication Date: | May 1996 |
| Publisher: | Columbia University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | AUD $62.95 |
Book Description:
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Bynum examines several periods between the third and fourteenth centuries in which discussions of the body were central to Western eschatology, and suggests that Western attitudes toward the body that arose from these discussions still undergird our modern notions of the individual.
Bynum examines several periods between the third and fourteenth centuries in which discussions of the body were central to Western eschatology, and suggests that Western attitudes toward the body that arose from these discussions still undergird our modern notions of the individual.