Resurrection of the Body in Western Christianity, 2001336

Summary

A classic of medieval studies, this book traces ideas of death and resurrection in early and medieval Christianity. Caroline Walker Bynum explores problems of the body and identity in devotional and theological literature, suggesting that medieval attitudes toward the body still shape modern notions of the individual.

Product details

• Authors: Caroline Walker Bynum, Bynum Caroline Walker
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Content: Book
• Product form: Hardback
• Publication date: 30.11.2017
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity
• EAN: 9780231185288
• ISBN: 978-0-231-18528-8
• Pages: 480
• Series: American Lectures on the Histo; American Lectures on the History of Religions; American Lectures on the History of Religions; American Lectures on the Histo
• Subjects: RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christian Theology / History, RELIGION / Christian Theology / Soteriology, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, RELIGION / Eschatology, Christianity, Christian theology, CE period up to c 1500, History of Religion, Medieval History, History and Archaeology, HISTORY / Europe / Medieval, Middle Ages