The Garb of Being Embodiment and the Pursuit of Holiness in Late Ancient Christianity |
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Editor:
| Frank, Georgia Holman, Susan Jacobs, Andrew |
Contribution by:
| Frank, Georgia Holman, Susan Jacobs, Andrew Abrams Rebillard, Suzanne Arentzen, Thomas Brock, Sebastian Falcasantos, Rebecca Stephens Furey, Constance Griffith, Sidney Krawiec, Rebecca McNary-Zak, Bernadette Mellon Saint-Laurent, Jeanne-Nicole Schroeder, Caroline Urbano, Arthur Young, Frances |
Series title: | Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought Ser. |
ISBN: | 978-0-8232-8702-4 |
Publication Date: | Nov 2019 |
Publisher: | Fordham University Press
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Book Format: | Hardback |
List Price: | USD $72.00 |
Book Description:
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This collection of essays explores how the body became a touchstone for late antique practice and religious imagination through stories from the eastern Christian world of antiquity: monks and martyrs, families and congregations, and textual bodies from antiquity subject to modern interpretations.
This collection of essays explores how the body became a touchstone for late antique practice and religious imagination through stories from the eastern Christian world of antiquity: monks and martyrs, families and congregations, and textual bodies from antiquity subject to modern interpretations.