Includes bibliographical references (pages 223-243) and index.
Contents:
Biblical sources, patristic authorities, and the development of Ascension theology -- God's footprints : material symbolism in the Old English Martyrology and Blickling Homily 11 -- Gateway to salvation : Ascension theology in liminal spaces -- Walking towards heaven : boundary rituals, community, and Ascension theology in homilies for Rogationtide -- The liminal Christ in Anglo-Saxon art.
Summary:
Argues that Anglo-Saxon authors recognized the Ascension and its theology as fundamentally liminal in nature, as principally concerned with crossing boundaries and inhabiting dual states and places.
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