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In The Resurrection of the Body Caroline Bynum forges a new path of historical inquiry by studying the notion of bodily resurrection in the ancient and medieval West against the background of persecution and conversion, social hierarchy, burial practices, and the cult of saints.

Examining those periods between the late second and fourteenth centuries in which discussions of the body were central to Western conceptions of death and resurrection, she suggests that the attitudes toward the body emerging from these discussions still undergird our modern conceptions of personal identity and the individual.

Bynum describes how Christian thinkers clung to a very literal notion of resurrection, despite repeated attempts by some theologians and philosophers to spiritualize the idea. Focusing on the metaphors and examples used in theological and philosophical discourse and on artistic depictions of saints, death, and resurrection, Bynum connects the Western obsession with bodily return to a deep-seated fear of biological process and a tendency to locate identity and individuality in body.

Of particular interest is the imaginative religious imagery, often bizarre to modern eyes, which emerged during medieval times. Bynum has collected here thirty-five examples of such imagery, which illuminate her discussion of bodily resurrection. With this detailed study of theology, piety, and social history, Bynum writes a new chapter in the history of the body and challenges our views on gender, social hierarchy, and difference.

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2019, Columbia University Press
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The Resurrection Of The Body In Western Christianity 2001336
1996, Columbia University Press
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The Resurrection of the body in Western Christianity, 200-1336
1995, Columbia University Press
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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New York, USA
Series
Lectures on the history of religions, 15

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Dewey Decimal Class
236/.8/09
Library of Congress
BT872 .B96 1995, BT872.B96 1995, BL25 .L4 no.15

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Pagination
xx, 368 p. :
Number of pages
368

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Open Library
OL1092937M
Internet Archive
resurrectionbody00bynu
ISBN 10
023108126X
LCCN
94017299
OCLC/WorldCat
30436102
Library Thing
404813
Goodreads
3943056

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