When Pain Becomes an Expression of Love: a Phenomenological Analysis of Self-inflicted Pain Among Christian Monastic Ascetics in Central Medieval Europe.

This paper shows how self-inflicted pain enabled the expression of love for God among Christian monastic flagellant ascetics in medieval central Europe. As scholars have shown, being in a state of pain leads to a change in or a destruction of language, an essential attribute of the self. I argue tha...

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Publicado en:	Sophia Vol. 62; no. 2; pp. 227 - 249
Autor principal:	Naor Hofri, Roni
Formato:	Artículo
Publicado:	Springer Nature Jun2023
Materias:	Jesus Christ Worship & love of God God in Christianity Romantic love Philosophy of religion Linguistic change Self Europe
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