How the doctrine of the incarnation shaped Western culture
By: Patricia Ranft
Publisher: Lexington Books
Published: 2013
Place of publication: Lanham [Md.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 262
ISBN-13: 9780739174326; 9780739174333
Subjects: Incarnation; Influence; Influence (Literary, artistic, etc.); Rezeption; Western Civilization; History of doctrines; Inkarnation Jesu; Kultur
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-256) and index.
Table of contents: title: Reason for study; title: Formulation of the doctrine of the incarnation; title: Early reflections on the doctrine and its impact; title: The West establishes itself; title: Intellectual stirrings: Eucharistic debates and Anselm; title: Peter Damian: new ideas and attitudes; title: The doctrine in women's thoughts and actions; title: Individualism, political discourse, and science; title: Reconciling the doctrine as catalyst with historiography; title: Concluding remarks.