Johanna Kramer

Between earth and heaven (eBook, ePUB)

Liminality and the Ascension of Christ in Anglo-Saxon literature

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Examines the teaching of the theology of Christ's ascension in Anglo-Saxon literature, offering the only comprehensive examination of how patristic ascension theology is transmitted, adapted and taught to Anglo-Saxon audiences

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Pennsylvania Press, Inc.
• Seitenzahl: 272
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Mai 2016
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781526110602
• Artikelnr.: 57473526

Autorenporträt

Johanna Kramer is Associate Professor of English at the University of Missouri

Inhaltsangabe

Introduction 1. Biblical sources, patristic authorities, and the
development of Ascension theology 2. God's footprints: Material symbolism
in the Old English Martyrology and Blickling Homily 11 3. Gateway to
salvation: Ascension theology in liminal spaces 4. Walking towards heaven:
Boundary rituals, community, and Ascension theology in homilies for
Rogationtide 5. The liminal Christ in Anglo-Saxon art Afterword
Bibliography Index