The Garb of Being: Embodiment and the Pursuit of Holiness in Late Ancient Christianity (Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought)

By: Suzanne Abrams Rebillard and Thomas Arentzen and Sebastian Brock and Rebecca Stephens Falcasantos and Dr Georgia Frank and Constance Furey and Sidney Griffith and Dr Susan Holman and Dr Andrew Jacobs and Rebecca Krawiec and Bernadette McNary-Zak and Jeanne-Nicole Mellon Saint-Laurent and Caroline Schroeder and Arthur Urbano and Frances Young

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Synopsis: 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, private and public—that clothed ancient Christians? How can bodily experience help us explore matters of gender, religious identity, class, and ethnicity? The Garb of Being investigates these questions through stories from the Eastern Christian world of antiquity: monks and martyrs, families and congregations, and textual bodies.Contributors include S. Abrams Rebillard, T. Arentzen, S. P. Brock, R. S. Falcasantos , C. M. Furey, S. H. Griffith, R. Krawiec, B. McNary-Zak, J.-N. Mellon Saint-Laurent, C. T. Schroeder, A. P. Urbano, F. M. Young

Book Quality:: Publisher Quality
ISBN-13:: 9780823287031
Related ISBNs:: 9780823287024
Publisher:: Fordham University Press
Date of Addition:: 11/05/19
Copyrighted By:: Fordham University Press
Adult content:: No
Language:: English
Has Image Descriptions:: No
Categories:: History, Nonfiction, Art and Architecture, Religion and Spirituality
Submitted By:: Bookshare Staff
Usage Restrictions:: This is a copyrighted book.
Edited by:: Dr. Georgia Frank
Edited by:: Dr. Susan Holman
Edited by:: Dr. Andrew Jacobs