{"product_id":"reading-bodies-callie-callon-9780567684387","title":"Reading Bodies: Physiognomy as a Strategy of Persuasion in Early Christian Discourse","description":"Callie Callon investigates how some early Christian authors utilized physiognomic thought as rhetorical strategy, particularly with respect to persuasion. Callon shows how this encompassed denigrating theological opponents and forging group boundaries (invective against heretics or defence of Christians), self-representation to demonstrate the moral superiority of early Christians to Greco-Roman outsiders, and the cultivation of collective self-identity.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe work begins with an overview of how physiognomy was used in broader antiquity as a component of persuasion. Callon then examines how physiognomic thought was employed by early Christians and how physiognomic tropes were employed to \"prove+? their orthodoxy and moral superiority. Building on the conclusions of the earlier chapters, Callon then focuses on the representation of the physiognomies of early Christian martyrs, before addressing the problem of the acceptance or even promotion of the idea of a physically lacklustre Jesus by the same authors who otherwise utilize traditional physiognomic thought.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Callie Callon\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0567684385\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780567684387\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Bloomsbury Publishing PLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/10\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 184\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.30h x 6.20w x 0.70d","brand":"Callie Callon","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44059284308223,"sku":"9780567684387","price":150.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_f07e75b6-5aee-4626-8000-e78fcca9f7bd.jpg?v=1685057304","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/reading-bodies-callie-callon-9780567684387","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}