Resurrection of the Body in Western Christianity, 2001336 - Authors and Saints in Renaissance Italy

Informationen zum Autor Caroline Walker Bynum Klappentext In The Resurrection of the Body Caroline Bynum forges a new path of historical inquiry by studying the notion of bodily resurrection in the ancient and medieval West against the background of persecution and conversion! social hierarchy! burial practices! and the cult of saints. Examining those periods between the late second and fourteenth centuries in which discussions of the body were central to Western conceptions of death and resurrection! she suggests that the attitudes toward the body emerging from these discussions still undergird our modern conceptions of personal identity and the individual. Bynum describes how Christian thinkers clung to a very literal notion of resurrection! despite repeated attempts by some theologians and philosophers to spiritualize the idea. Focusing on the metaphors and examples used in theological and philosophical discourse and on artistic depictions of saints! death! and resurrection! Bynum connects the Western obsession with bodily return to a deep-seated fear of biological process and a tendency to locate identity and individuality in body. Of particular interest is the imaginative religious imagery! often bizarre to modern eyes! which emerged during medieval times. Bynum has collected here thirty-five examples of such imagery! which illuminate her discussion of bodily resurrection. With this detailed study of theology! piety! and social history! Bynum writes a new chapter in the history of the body and challenges our views on gender! social hierarchy! and difference. Zusammenfassung Bynum examines several periods between the third and fourteenth centuries in which discussions of the body were central to Western eschatology! and suggests that Western attitudes toward the body that arose from these discussions still undergird our modern notions of the individual.

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• Authors: Caroline Walker Bynum, Bynum Caroline Walker
• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.01.1995
• EAN: 9780231081269
• ISBN: 978-0-231-08126-9
• No. of pages: 384
• Series: Lectures on the History of Rel; American Lectures on the History of Religions; Lectures on the History of Rel; American Lectures on the Histo
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; Non-fiction book > Politics, society, business > Politics; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > General, dictionaries; Cultural Studies, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, RELIGION / Mysticism, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, mysticism, c 1000 CE to c 1500, c 500 to c 1000 CE, BCE to c 500 CE, C 500 CE To C 1000 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Christian Mysticism