A01=David Jasper
art
asceticism
Author_David Jasper
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embodiment
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God
incarnation
Literature
Meister Eckhart
monastics
religion
Simone Weil
suffering
theology
Product details
- ISBN 9781602581418
- Weight: 590g
- Dimensions: 152 x 231mm
- Publication Date: 06 Jul 2009
- Publisher: Baylor University Press
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Continuing the work began in The Sacred Desert, David Jasper here turns his attention to the body, seeking a profound understanding of what it means to be in the flesh. A deeply autobiographical journey through disparate written texts (in literature, philosophy, theology and religion), art, and cinema, The Sacred Body rigorously and artfully pursues the body of the Christian tradition of ""the Word made flesh""--a body torn and crucified, resurrected, and divinized, embracing both deep suffering and profound joy. Engaging ascetic traditions that began among fourth-century desert monastics, as well as George Herbert, Simone Weil, Meister Eckhart, James Joyce and others, David Jasper once again provides a bold, learned, and original theological exploration.
David Jasper is Professor of Literature and Theology at the University of Glasgow and is Distinguished Overseas Professor of Comparative Literature in the School of Liberal Arts at Renmin University of China.
