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Showing 1 to 3 of 3 for “"Mystical Body of Christ"”.
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Works of Mercy: Literature, Compassion, and Devotion in Early Modern England
<p>“Works of Mercy: Literature, Compassion, and Devotion in Early Modern England,” argues for the crucial role of literature in shaping, expanding, and contesting the limits of compassion in early seventeenth century England. Reading Shakespeare’s Measure for Measure, Donne’s Devotions Upon …
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Dante, Augustine, and the Body of Christ in the Commedia
In this thesis, I investigate the figure of Christ in Dante’s Commedia as the redemption of human relation, realized in and as the mystical body of Christ. If, as is claimed in the Paradiso, what it means to inhabit beatitude is so fully to practice justice and mercy as to be able to speak I and we …