The Salvation of the Flesh in Tertullian of Carthage : Dressing for the Resurrection
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0230117732
ISBN-13
9780230117730
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Imprint
Palgrave Macmillan
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Sep 20th, 2011
Print length
176 Pages
Weight
340 grams
Dimensions
14.70 x 22.30 x 1.60 cms
Product Classification:
Christian theologyChristianity
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Examines Tertullian of Carthage's (160-220 C.E.) writings on dress within Roman vestimentary culture. It employs a socio-historical approach, together with insights from performance theory and feminist rhetorical analysis, to situate Tertullian's comments in the broader context of the Roman Empire.
Why did the influential Christian thinker, Tertullian of Carthage (160-220 C.E.), while addressing the critical issue of salvation of the flesh, write about clothing? Why did he care what Christians wore? Carly Daniel-Hughes answers that in early Christian communities clothing tied to identity and theology. Placing Tertullian''s writings in the Roman culture of dress, she shows that in them men''s dress is used to envision Christian masculinity as non-Roman and anti-imperial. His concerns about women''s dress, however, reveal internal Christian debates about the nature of the flesh and the possibility of its transformation in to a resurrected, glorious body.
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