The Word Made Flesh: A History of Christian Thought / Edition 1

The Word Made Flesh: A History of Christian Thought / Edition 1

by Margaret R. Miles
The Word Made Flesh: A History of Christian Thought / Edition 1
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ISBN-10:
1405108460
ISBN-13:
9781405108461
Pub. Date:
11/19/2004
Publisher:
Wiley
ISBN-10:
1405108460
ISBN-13:
9781405108461
Pub. Date:
11/19/2004
Publisher:
Wiley
The Word Made Flesh: A History of Christian Thought / Edition 1

The Word Made Flesh: A History of Christian Thought / Edition 1

by Margaret R. Miles

Overview

This outstanding textbook offers an original history of Christian thought, asking what it has meant over the centuries to participate in the religion of the Word made flesh.

  • Traces Christian ideas, conversations, experiences and practices from the first century through to the dawn of modernity at the end of the eighteenth century.
  • Presents an inclusive history, considering the critical roles of women and religious ‘others’– dissenting Christians, Jews and Muslims – in shaping Christian thought.
  • Sets Christian ideas in the context of conversations, controversies and concrete circumstances.
  • Demonstrates the importance of liturgical and devotional exercises to the practice of Christianity.
  • Treats words, images, music and architecture all as primary evidence of Christian traditions.
  • Is accompanied by a CD Rom containing hundreds of visuals to support the theories and examples discussed throughout the volume.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781405108461
Publisher: Wiley
Publication date: 11/19/2004
Pages: 464
Product dimensions: 6.80(w) x 9.70(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Margaret R. Miles is Emeritus Professor of Historical Theology at the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley. As Bussey Professor of Theology, she taught the history of Christian thought for 20 years at Harvard University Divinity School. Her previous books include Plotinus on Body and Beauty (Blackwell, 1999), Reading for Life (1996), Seeing and Believing (1996), Desire and Delight (1993), Practicing Christianity (1988), and Carnal Knowing (1988).

Table of Contents

List of Illustrations vi

List of Maps xii

Acknowledgments xiii

Preface xiv


Prelude: Flesh and Word 1

1 The Christian Movement in the Second and Third Centuries 10

2 Inclusions and Exclusions: The Fourth Century 65

3 Fleshing Out the Word: Medieval Christianity East and West 115

4 The Voice of the Pages: Incarnation and Hierarchy in the Medieval West 147
Interlude 184

5 Death and the Body in the Fourteenth-century West 186

6 The Suffering Body of Christ: The Fifteenth Century 224

7 Reforming the Body of Christ: The Sixteenth Century, Part I 247

8 Reforming the Body of Christ: The Sixteenth Century, Part II 291

9 Rationalism and Religious Passion: The Seventeenth Century 325

10 Keeping Body and Soul Together: Eighteenth-century Christianity 359
Postlude: The Word Made Flesh 390

Bibliography 392

Index 414

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