Humble Aspiration : Constructing an Early Christian Ideal EPUB
by Bernadette McNary-Zak
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What does it mean to be humble like Christ? In this book, Bernadette McNary-Zak explores various concepts of Christian humility in late antiquity. To help the reader deepen their understanding of Christian humility, McNary-Zak takes a close look at some of the ways different types of humility operated as a relational value in specific contexts involving ascetic women. With this approach, the author shows how, at the very margins of a male-dominated culture, the ascetic woman represented a form of renunciation of self that enabled her to function as a symbol of Christian humility for females and males alike. A life that is both affirmative of biblical precedent and subversive of societal norms thereby becomes a life lived in deliberate aspiration toward an unrealized eschatology.
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- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:Liturgical Press
- Publication Date:08/05/2020
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- ISBN:9780814684313
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Download - Immediately Available
- Format:EPUB
- Pages:192 pages
- Publisher:Liturgical Press
- Publication Date:08/05/2020
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- ISBN:9780814684313