The Garb of Being - (Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought) by Georgia Frank & Susan Holman & Andrew Jacobs (Hardcover)

About the Book

This collection of essays explores how the body became a touchstone for late antique practice and religious imagination through stories from the eastern Christian world of antiquity: monks and martyrs, families and congregations, and textual bodies from antiquity subject to modern interpretations.

Book Synopsis

This collection of essays explores how the body became a touchstone for late antique practice and religious imagination through stories from the eastern Christian world of antiquity: monks and martyrs, families and congregations, and textual bodies from antiquity subject to modern interpretations.

Review Quotes

This welcome collection offers many well-articulated perspectives on the role of the body in late antique religious practice and imagination.---Charles Stang, Harvard Divinity School

About the Author

Georgia Frank (Edited By)
Georgia Frank is Professor of Religion at Colgate University.

Andrew Jacobs (Edited By)
Andrew S. Jacobs is Senior Fellow at the Center for the Study of World Religions at Harvard University.

Susan Holman (Edited By)
Susan R. Holman is the Eckrich Chair and Professor of Religion and the Healing Arts at Valparaiso University.