Word Made Flesh
A History of Christian Thought
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- 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.
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