Attitudes to the body in Western Christendom - Bottomley, Frank (London : Lepus Books, 1979)
The Graeco-Roman background -- Ideas of the body in the Old Testament -- The original Christian teaching -- The struggle for survival in the Roman world -- The beginning of systematic thought -- The establishment of the western tradition -- The Dark Ages -- Mediaeval synthesis and promise -- The blighted flower of the Renaissance -- The onset of disintegration.
Includes index.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 245-250) and index.
Keywords: Theological anthropology -- Christianity -- History of doctrines; Human body -- Religious aspects