{"product_id":"9780520387676-care-of-the-brain-in-early-chr","title":"The Care of the Brain in Early Christianity","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCerebral subjectivity—the identification of the individual self with the brain—is a belief that has become firmly entrenched in modern science and popular culture. In \u003ci\u003eThe Care of the Brain in Early Christianity, \u003c\/i\u003eJessica Wright traces its roots to tensions within early Christianity over the brain’s role in self-governance and its inherent vulnerability. Examining how early Christians appropriated medical ideas, Wright tracks how they used these ideas for teaching ascetic practices, developing therapeutics for the soul, and finding a path to salvation. Bringing a medical lens to religious discourse, this text demonstrates that rather than rejecting medical traditions, early Christianity developed by creatively integrating them.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":40763255521377,"sku":"9780520387676","price":84.11,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_28538426.jpg?v=1722686422","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780520387676-care-of-the-brain-in-early-chr","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}