Scenting Salvation : Ancient Christianity and the Olfactory Imagination
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
Book Series
Transformation of the Classical Heritage
ISBN-10
0520241479
ISBN-13
9780520241473
Publisher
University of California Press
Imprint
University of California Press
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jun 7th, 2006
Print length
442 Pages
Weight
726 grams
Dimensions
22.90 x 15.20 x 3.30 cms
Product Classification:
Ancient history: to c 500 CEHistory of religionChristian spirituality & religious experience
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Explores the role of bodily, sensory experience in early Christianity by focusing on the importance of smell in ancient Mediterranean culture. This book argues that ancient Christians used olfactory experience for purposes of a distinctive religious epistemology: formulating knowledge of the divine in order to yield a particular human identity.
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