{"product_id":"humble-aspiration-bernadette-mcnary-zak-9780814684061","title":"Humble Aspiration: Constructing an Early Christian Ideal","description":"\u003cp\u003eWhat does it mean to be humble like Christ? In this book, Bernadette McNary-Zak explores various concepts of Christian humility in late antiquity. To help the reader deepen their understanding of Christian humility, McNary-Zak takes a close look at some of the ways different types of humility operated as a relational value in specific contexts involving ascetic women. With this approach, the author shows how, at the very margins of a male-dominated culture, the ascetic woman represented a form of renunciation of self that enabled her to function as a symbol of Christian humility for females and males alike. A life that is both affirmative of biblical precedent and subversive of societal norms thereby becomes a life lived in deliberate aspiration toward an unrealized eschatology. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Bernadette McNary-Zak\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0814684068\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780814684061\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Liturgical Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 05\/08\/2020\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 192\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.75lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.90h x 6.00w x 0.50d","brand":"Bernadette McNary-Zak","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":43940960534783,"sku":"9780814684061","price":24.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/products\/img_39f5d613-8265-4a67-abd2-ab658b810c44.jpg?v=1681450126","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/humble-aspiration-bernadette-mcnary-zak-9780814684061","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}