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 | #2177157 in Books |  Wipf Stock Pub |  2006-09-01 |  2006-09-01 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 |  8.50 x.62 x5.50l,.73 | File type: PDF | 270 pages

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||From Publishers Weekly|Miles traces today's ideas of nakedness to the dawn of Christianity, showing how people learned to perceive the nude male figure as the embodiment of positive traits such as athletic ability and to contradictorily treat the nude female fig

When we look at Michelangelo's David, we see a nakedness that expresses physical prowess, self-knowledge, and spiritual discipline. What do we see when we look at Hans Baldung's Eve, the Serpent, and Death or Master Francke's Martyrdom of Saint Barbara? Why should those naked female images symbolize wantonness and shame? How do ideas about nakedness formed at the dawn of Christianity continue to shape today's sexual values? What must women do to take their bodies back? T...

You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Carnal Knowing: Female Nakedness and Religious Meaning in the Christian West   |  Margaret R. Miles.Not only was the story interesting, engaging and relatable, it also teaches lessons.

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