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ISBN 10: 1-59752-752-1
ISBN 13: 978-1-59752-752-1
Pages: 194
Binding: Paperback
Publication Date: 06/01/2006
Division: Wipf and Stock
Category: Theology
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Fullness of Life
Historical Foundations for a New Asceticism By Margaret R. Miles
Margaret Miles here explores Christianity's understandings of the human body in the past and presents new concepts for the future. An enlightening investigation into how the body has been perceived through the ages, Fullness of Life offers surprising conclusions that historic Christian authors from Ignatius of Antioch to Thomas Aquinas, far from viewing the body in a negative way, have been overwhelmingly affirmative. Providing the basis for a greater appreciation of the human body as the focus of life and salvation, this unique work sheds a new light on what it means to be "fully alive and fully human in the Christian tradition."
Author - Margaret R. Miles
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