Wilderness Mythology in the West: The Life of the Jura Fathers
Using perspectives drawn from theories of spatiality and narrative, this article examines how wild nature is framed and used in late antique Gaul, as desert mythology and wilderness narratives moved from East to West. I discuss the role that wild nature plays in the formation of Christian identity i...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Peeters
2021
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Ephemerides theologicae Lovanienses
Year: 2021, Volume: 97, Issue: 3, Pages: 427-447 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Vita Patrum Jurensium
/ Gaul
/ Wilderness areas in literature
/ Asceticism
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| RelBib Classification: | AF Geography of religion KAD Church history 500-900; early Middle Ages KBG France KCD Hagiography; saints NCA Ethics |
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