Thorns in the Flesh: Illness and Sanctity in Late Ancient Christianity. By Andrew Crislip
Crislip’s book comes as a welcome addition to the young but impressive Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion series. It is likewise a fitting complement to his first monograph, From Monastery to Hospital. Where the first book deals more with developments in the institution of healing in the p...
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| Format: | Electronic Review |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford University Press
2013
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The journal of theological studies
Year: 2013, Volume: 64, Issue: 2, Pages: 755-758 |
| Review of: | Thorns in the flesh (Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, 2013) (Torrance, Alexis)
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| Summary: | Crislip’s book comes as a welcome addition to the young but impressive Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion series. It is likewise a fitting complement to his first monograph, From Monastery to Hospital. Where the first book deals more with developments in the institution of healing in the period, this one focuses on the nature of illness: how it was understood and problematized in a variety of ascetic Christian contexts. The methodological tools employed by Crislip in his study are diverse and ‘intentionally eclectic’ (p. 23), drawn as they are from cultural anthropology, social psychology, and phenomenology of religion, as well as medical humanities. |
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| ISSN: | 1477-4607 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: The journal of theological studies
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1093/jts/flt159 |