Fullness of life; historical foundations for a new asceticism
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TextPhiladelphia, PA Westminster Press c1981Edition: 1st edDescription: 186p.; bibliog. notes; indexContent type: - text
- unmediated
- volume
- 0-664-24389-4
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Preface. Intro.. 1 Martyrdom, gnosticism, and the early church. 2 The origins of Christian asceticism. 3 Human nature and embodiment in Augustine. 4 East and West after Augustine. 5 A 13th century synthesis. 6 Four types of Christian asceticism. 7 Toward a new asceticism
'...explores Christianity's understandings of the human body in the past and presents new concepts for the future. An enlightening investigation into how the body has been perceived through the ages...'
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