Fullness of Life

MILES,M

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Author
MILES,M
Publish Date
11/01/2011
Book Type
paperback
Publisher Name
WESTJKP
Subtitle
Historical Foundations for a New Asceticism
Edition
First Edition
ISBN-10
0664243894
ISBN-13
9780664243890
SKU
9780664243890

Description

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.