"This book is a study of the life, monastic writings, and spiritual theology of John Cassian (c. 360-435)." "Columba Stewart's book is the first major study of Cassian to be published in twenty years. It begins by establishing Cassian's credibility as a teacher on the basis of h…
"This analysis demonstrates the sophisticated ways in which Christian writers attempted to shape the self-understandings of their communities through the use of ethnic and color-symbolic language; it also explores how ethnic and color difference came to symbolize certain theolog…
"This book contains eleven essays, prefaced by a general introduction, on a set of related themes: the characteristic traits and diverse functions of holy men; the fashioning of saints out of a small minority of holy men and a number of other individuals of high social status bu…
"This book provides an in-depth historical study of the place of Jesus in the religious life, beliefs, and worship of Christians from the beginnings of the Christian movement down to the late second century."--Jacket.
"This book provides an in-depth historical study of the place of Jesus in the religious life, beliefs, and worship of Christians from the beginnings of the Christian movement down to the late second century."--Jacket.
"When we think of "heaven," we generally conjure up positive, blissful images, but how and why did Western cultures come to imagine the heavenly realm in such terms? Why is heaven usually thought to be "up there," far beyond the visible sky? And what is the source of the idea th…
