The Body and Desire(English, Hardcover, Cadenhead Raphael A.)

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The Body and Desire(English, Hardcover, Cadenhead Raphael A.) is written by Cadenhead Raphael A. and published by University of California Press. It's available with International Standard Book Number or ISBN identification 0520297962 (ISBN 10) and 9780520297968 (ISBN 13).

Although the reception of the Eastern Father Gregory of Nyssa has varied over the centuries, the past few decades have witnessed a profound awakening of interest in his thought. The Body and Desire sets out to retrieve the full range of Gregory's thinking on the challenges of the ascetic life by examining within the context of his theological commitments his evolving attitudes on what we now call gender, sex, and sexuality. Exploring Gregory's understanding of the importance of bodily and spiritual maturation for the practices of contemplation and virtue, Raphael A. Cadenhead recovers the vital relevance of this vision of transformation for contemporary ethical discourse.