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This is my body : eucharistic theology and anthropology in the writings of Gertrude the Great of Helfta / Ella Johnson.
Van Pelt Library BX4700.G6 J64 2020
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Johnson, Ella L., author.
- Series:
- Cistercian studies series ; no. 280.
- Cistercian studies series ; number two hundred eighty
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gertrude, the Great, Saint, 1256-1302.
- Gertrude.
- Lord's Supper.
- Human body--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Human body.
- Physical Description:
- xxii, 246 pages ; 22 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Collegeville, Minnesota : Cistercian Publications, [2020]
- Summary:
- "Examines how the writings of the thirteenth-century nun Gertrude the Great of Helfta articulate an innovative relationship between a person's eucharistic devotion and her body"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Gertrude of Helfta and her writings
- The Monastery of St. Mary at Helfta
- The doctrine of spiritual senses according to Gertrude's sources
- Gertrude's doctrine of the spiritual senses
- “Do this in memory of me”: ritual, re-membering, and reading
- “This is my body”: woman as signifying humanity and divinity
- Gertrude in context: a challenge to difference fixed into dichotomy.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 213-236) and indexes.
- Other Format:
- Online version: Johnson, Ella L., This is my body
- ISBN:
- 9780879072803
- 0879072806
- OCLC:
- 1114270570
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