Publication

2004-10-04 - University of California Press

Language

English

Word Count

84,250 words, Guess

Page Count

337 pages

Physical Format

Hardcover

Identifiers

and 2 more
  • Library of Congress Control Number2004005272
  • LibraryThing608260

Classifications

  • LCCBT741.3 .G75 2004

First Sentence

Monks wasting away in the desert, saints beating their bodies and sleeping on nails, apostles renouncing all pleasures and subsisting on the charity of benefactors, pious men and women starving their senses in emulation of Christ: it is by now a truism to note that devout Christians of earlier eras displayed profound ambivalence about the flesh.

Excerpt

Monks wasting away in the desert, saints beating their bodies and sleeping on nails, apostles renouncing all pleasures and subsisting on the charity of benefactors, pious men and women starving their senses in emulation of Christ: it is by now a truism to note that devout Christians of earlier eras displayed profound ambivalence about the flesh.

Subjects

Other Editions

  • Born Again Bodies: Flesh and Spirit in American Christianity (California Studies in Food and Culture, 12)HardcoverUniversity of California Press2004-10-04

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