Moment of reckoning : imagined death and its consequences in late ancient Christianity /
In sermons, letters, and ascetic traditions, late ancient Christians imagined the last minutes of life and the events that followed death in elaborate detail. This book traces this early tradition of imagining the experience of dying and points to its consequences in later Christian thought.
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY :
Oxford University Press,
[2019]
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | In sermons, letters, and ascetic traditions, late ancient Christians imagined the last minutes of life and the events that followed death in elaborate detail. This book traces this early tradition of imagining the experience of dying and points to its consequences in later Christian thought. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xiii, 245 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780190459178 0190459174 9780190459185 0190459182 0190937874 9780190937874 |