Beard Theology - A holy history of hairy faces

Informationen zum Autor The Church Mouse is a well-known award winning Christian blogger and church commentator. After starting blogging in 2008, he developed the most read religious blog for some time from 2009-2011 and was cited as the No.1 religious blog by the New Statesman in 2011 then retired from blogging. He now comments on social media to his many twitter followers and writes occasionally for other publications. He has written for The Guardian, Christianity Magazine blog and Christian Today. Klappentext Beards have had cultural and religious significance for thousands of years. A fascinating story is to be told of the religious significance of beards from the ancient civilisations to today. This book will survey beard theology from ancient Egypt, Greece, Rome and Mesopotamia, to the Jews of Jesus's day and through to the early Church fathers who strongly promoted the beard, to the Latin church which outlawed it leading up to and after the Great Schism of 1054. Vorwort An ecclesiastical and theological history of beards, 3,000 BC to the present. Zusammenfassung An ecclesiastical and theological history of beards, 3,000 BC to the present.

Product details

• Authors: The Church Mouse, The Church Mouse
• Assisted by: Dave Walker (Illustration)
• Publisher: Hodder & Stoughton
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 04.08.2022
• EAN: 9781529318647
• ISBN: 978-1-5293-1864-7
• No. of pages: 192
• Dimensions: 128 mm x 196 mm x 18 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Religion: general, reference works; RELIGION / General, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, HUMOR / Topic / Religion, Humour, History of Religion, Relating to Christian people and groups