Healing the Social Leper in Gregory of Nyssa's and Gregory of Nazianzus's “περí Φιλοπτωχìας”

The history of what constitutes a “cure” in a given society is a history of that society's values: for the rhythm of the cure shows what is acceptable as a plausible way of giving form, and so the hope of resolution to … the nebulous and intractable fact of suffering.

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Main Author: Holman, Susan R. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 1999
In: Harvard theological review
Year: 1999, Volume: 92, Issue: 3, Pages: 283-309
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Summary:The history of what constitutes a “cure” in a given society is a history of that society's values: for the rhythm of the cure shows what is acceptable as a plausible way of giving form, and so the hope of resolution to … the nebulous and intractable fact of suffering.
ISSN:1475-4517
Contains:Enthalten in: Harvard theological review
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/S0017816000003400