Death and Afterlife in Medieval Christian Thought by Jeremiah... - 9781032602851

Death and Afterlife in Medieval Christian ThoughtAn Introduction and Comparative Analysis\nAuthor(s): Jeremiah Mutie\nFormat: Hardback\nPublisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd, United Kingdom\nImprint: Routledge\nISBN-13: 9781032602851, 978-1032602851\nSynopsis\nDeath and Afterlife in Medieval Christian Thought explores how medieval Christians conceived the changing ideas of death and what happens thereafter to both the material and immaterial aspects of a person.\n\nWhere much scholarship has addressed this topic from a Western point of view, this book asks how these ideas emerged and progressed over this long period of time in both Western and Eastern medieval Christianities. The work examines the two leading motifs of death and the afterlife in Western medieval Christian thought: Purgatory and the cult of the saints. It then proceeds to shift the spotlight to conceptions of death in Eastern Christianity, all the while maintaining a comparative approach. This book not only delves into .