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The Garb of Being: Embodiment and the Pursuit of Holiness in Late Ancient Christianity - Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought Dr. Andrew Jacobs-Dr. Susan Holman-Dr. Georgia Fra New edition
The Garb of Being: Embodiment and the Pursuit of Holiness in Late Ancient Christianity - Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought
Dr. Andrew Jacobs-Dr. Susan Holman-Dr. Georgia Fra
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.
384 pages
| Media | Books Hardcover Book (Book with hard spine and cover) |
| Released | November 5, 2019 |
| ISBN13 | 9780823287024 |
| Publishers | Fordham University Press |
| Pages | 384 |
| Dimensions | 237 × 162 × 34 mm · 828 g |
| Editor | Frank, Georgia |
| Editor | Holman, Susan |
| Editor | Jacobs, Andrew |