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Thorns in the Flesh: Illness and Sanctity in Late Ancient Christianity
ISBN: 9780812244458 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 248 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. The literature of late ancient Christianity is rich both in saints who lead lives of almost Edenic health and in saints who court and endure horrifying diseases. In such narratives, health and illness might signify the sanctity of the ascetic, or invite consideration of a broader theology of illness. In "Thorns in the Flesh," Andrew Crislip draws on a wide range of texts from the fourth through sixth centuries that reflect persistent and contentious attempts to make sense of the illness of the ostensibly holy. These sources include Lives of Antony, Paul, Pachomius, and others; theological... The literature of late ancient Christianity is rich both in saints who lead lives of almost Edenic health and in saints who court and endure horrif... |
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From Monastery to Hospital: Christian Monasticism and the Transformation of Health Care in Late Antiquity
ISBN: 9780472114740 / Angielski / Twarda / 2005 / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. From Monastery to Hospital traces the origin of the late Roman hospital to the earliest groups of Christian monastics. Often characterized as holy men and miracle-workers who transformed late antique spirituality, monks held an equally significant impact on the development of medicine in Late Antiquity. Andrew Crislip illuminates the innovative approaches to health care within the earliest monasteries that provided the model for the greatest medical achievement of Late Antiquity: the hospital. From Monastery to Hospital draws on some of the most vibrant areas of... From Monastery to Hospital traces the origin of the late Roman hospital to the earliest groups of Christian monastics. Often characterized a... |
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593,92 zł |
Selected Discourses of Shenoute the Great: Community, Theology, and Social Conflict in Late Antique Egypt
ISBN: 9781107022560 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 338 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. English translations of the major works of Shenoute the Great (c.347-465), foundational and controversial figure in Egyptian Christianity.
English translations of the major works of Shenoute the Great (c.347-465), foundational and controversial figure in Egyptian Christianity.
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324,98 zł |