Ritual, Emotion, and Materiality in the Early Christian World

Name: Ritual, Emotion, and Materiality in the Early Christian World
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

Ritual, Emotion, and Materiality in the Early Christian WorldAuthor(s): Soham Al-Suadi, Richard S. Ascough, Richard E. DeMaris\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032054797, 978-1032054797\nSynopsis\nThis volume advances our understanding of early Christianity as a lived religion by approaching it through its rites, the emotions and affects surrounding those rites, and the material setting for the practice of them.\n\nThe connections between emotions and ritual, between rites and their materiality, and between emotions and their physical manifestation in ancient Mediterranean culture have been inadequately explored as yet, especially with regard to early Christianity and its water and dining rites. Readers will find all three areasritual, emotion, and materialityengaged in this exemplary interdisciplinary study, which provides fresh insights into early Christianity and its world.\n\nRitual, Emotion, and Materiality .