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Preface | vii
Introduction | 1
1 The Way of Darkness and the Way of Light: The Cross as Boundary Marker in Early Christianity | 15
2 The Body of the Martyr and the Body of Christ | 37
3 The Politics of Holy Bodies and the Invention of the Cross | 57
4 Between Hope and Fear: Monastic Bodies at the Foot of the Cross | 75
5 Bodies Pierced by the Cross: Popular Devotion, Popular Heresy | 101
6 The Bitter Christ and the Sweet Christ: The Cross and the German Reformations | 129
7 Holy Bodies and the Sacrifice of the Self:
Divine Wrath, Discipline, and the Cross in the Reformations | 156
Conclusion | 187
Notes | 199
Bibliography | 235
Index | 251

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      Publisher: Fordham University Press
      Publication Date: 07/12/2021
      ISBN13: 9780823298006, 978-0823298006
      ISBN10: 0823298000
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      Description

      Book Synopsis


      Table of Contents

      Preface | vii
      Introduction | 1
      1 The Way of Darkness and the Way of Light: The Cross as Boundary Marker in Early Christianity | 15
      2 The Body of the Martyr and the Body of Christ | 37
      3 The Politics of Holy Bodies and the Invention of the Cross | 57
      4 Between Hope and Fear: Monastic Bodies at the Foot of the Cross | 75
      5 Bodies Pierced by the Cross: Popular Devotion, Popular Heresy | 101
      6 The Bitter Christ and the Sweet Christ: The Cross and the German Reformations | 129
      7 Holy Bodies and the Sacrifice of the Self:
      Divine Wrath, Discipline, and the Cross in the Reformations | 156
      Conclusion | 187
      Notes | 199
      Bibliography | 235
      Index | 251

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