This collection explores how the body became a touchstone for late antique religious practice and imagination. When we read the stories and testimonies of late ancient Christians, what different types of bodies stand before us? How do we understand the range of bodily experiences—solitary and social, private and public—that clothed ancient Christians? How can bodily experience help us explore matters of gender, religious identity, class, and ethnicity? The Garb of Being investigates these questions through stories from the Eastern Christian world of antiquity: monks and martyrs, families and congregations, and textual bodies. Contributors include S. Abrams Rebillard, T. Arentzen, S. P. Brock, R. S. Falcasantos , C. M. Furey, S. H. Griffith, R. Krawiec, B. McNary-Zak, J.-N. Mellon Saint-Laurent, C. T. Schroeder, A. P. Urbano, F. M. Young
| ISBN: | 9780823287024 |
| Publication date: | 5th November 2019 |
| Author: | Suzanne Abrams Rebillard |
| Publisher: | Fordham University Press |
| Format: | Hardback |
| Pagination: | 384 pages |
| Series: | Orthodox Christianity and Contemporary Thought |
| Genres: |
Textile artworks Fashion and textile design Christianity History of religion |