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- Title Burden of the Flesh
- Author Teresa M. Shaw
- Binding Paperback
- Edition First Edition
- Pages 320
- Volumes 1
- Language ENG
- Publisher Fortress Press, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- Date 1998-05-27
- ISBN 9780800627652 / 0800627652
- Weight 0.97 lbs (0.44 kg)
- Dimensions 9.01 x 6.12 x 0.89 in (22.89 x 15.54 x 2.26 cm)
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- Chronological Period: Ancient (To 499 A.D.)
- Religious Orientation: Christian
- Sex & Gender: Feminine
- Theometrics: Academic
- Library of Congress subjects Fasting - Religious aspects - Christianity -, Chastity - History of doctrines - Early
- Library of Congress Catalog Number 98-05098
- Dewey Decimal Code 248.470
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Minneapolis, Minnesota: Fortress Press, 1998. First Edition . Trade Paperback. Very Good. 6" x 9. Bonyatam Joe - Cover Design. 298 Pages Indexed. Bright As New book with flawless interior text pages. No marks or stamps. Gift quality. Shaw's rich and fascinating work provides a startling look at early Christian notions of the body--diet, sexuality, the passions, and especially the ideal of virginity--and sheds important light on the growth of Christian ideals that remain powerful cultural forces even today. Focusing on the fourth and early fifth centuries, Shaw considers three types of Christian arguments--physiological, psychological, and eschatological--about the efficacy of fasting in the ascetic pursuit of chastity. Demonstrating their connections also illumines relationships between body and belief, theory and behavior, and physical self-abnegation and theological speculation. In the process, Shaw examines a variety of texts from the seventh century b.c.e. to the seventh century c.e.,…
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