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How the doctrine of the incarnation shaped Western culture / Patricia Ranft.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: Lanham, Md. : Lexington Books, ©2012.Description: 1 online resourceContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 0739174320
  • 9780739174326
  • 9781299316249
  • 1299316247
  • 9780739174333
  • 0739174339
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 232/.109 23
LOC classification:
  • BT220 .R36 2012eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Reason for study -- Formulation of the doctrine of the incarnation -- Early reflections on the doctrine and its impact -- The West establishes itself -- Intellectual stirrings: Eucharistic debates and Anselm -- Peter Damian: new ideas and attitudes -- The doctrine in women's thoughts and actions -- Individualism, political discourse, and science -- Reconciling the doctrine as catalyst with historiography -- Concluding remarks.
Summary: Recent scholars from numerous disciples have promoted an intriguing yet undocumented thesis, that the doctrine of the Incarnation had an inordinate influence on the shape of Western culture. This study offers the necessary evidence, documenting whether, when, by whom, and how the doctrine acted as an intellectual catalyst in the formation of Western culture during the Middle Ages.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Recent scholars from numerous disciples have promoted an intriguing yet undocumented thesis, that the doctrine of the Incarnation had an inordinate influence on the shape of Western culture. This study offers the necessary evidence, documenting whether, when, by whom, and how the doctrine acted as an intellectual catalyst in the formation of Western culture during the Middle Ages.

Print version record.

Reason for study -- Formulation of the doctrine of the incarnation -- Early reflections on the doctrine and its impact -- The West establishes itself -- Intellectual stirrings: Eucharistic debates and Anselm -- Peter Damian: new ideas and attitudes -- The doctrine in women's thoughts and actions -- Individualism, political discourse, and science -- Reconciling the doctrine as catalyst with historiography -- Concluding remarks.