{"product_id":"sanctifying-signs-david-aers-9780268020224","title":"Sanctifying Signs: Making Christian Tradition in Late Medieval England","description":"\u003cp\u003eConcentrating on the sacrament of the altar, poverty, and conflicting versions of sanctity, \u003ci\u003eSanctifying Signs\u003c\/i\u003e presents a critical study of Christian literature, theology, and culture in late medieval England. In this notable book, David Aers considers the diverse ways in which certain late medieval Christians and their Church engaged the immense resources of the Christian tradition in their own historical moment. Using a wide range of texts, Aers explores the complex theological, institutional, and political processes that shape and preserve tradition during changing circumstances. He is particularly interested in why some texts were judged by the late medieval Church to be orthodox and others heretical, and the effect of these judgments on the conversations and debates of the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eSanctifying Signs\u003c\/i\u003e begins with accounts of the sacrament of the altar that were deemed orthodox in the late medieval Church. Aers then shifts his focus to the relationship between sanctification and the sign of poverty. Finally, he reflects on the relationship between some versions of domesticity and sanctification. Texts of William Langland, John Wyclif, Walter Brut, William Thorpe, and others are examined within the context of a broad range of earlier and contemporary writings and events. Through these modes of exploration Aers seeks to understand and reinvigorate a theological, ethical, ecclesiological, and political conversation that has been pursued through a variety of rhetorical forms since the late Middle Ages.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e David Aers\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0268020221\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780268020224\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e University of Notre Dame Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 04\/30\/2004\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 296\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.95lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.04h x 6.10w x 0.86d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eReview Citation(s): \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e 10\/01\/2004 pg. 278","brand":"David Aers","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":44056716017919,"sku":"9780268020224","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_1561d28a-e3ae-4a53-b6e2-0fb6bffb5316.jpg?v=1685042859","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/sanctifying-signs-david-aers-9780268020224","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}