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Author Thurlkill, Mary F., 1969- author.

Title Sacred scents in early Christianity and Islam / Mary Thurlkill
Published Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]

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Description 1 online resource (xix, 191 pages)
Series Studies in body and religion
Studies in body and religion.
Contents Sensory worlds -- Scent in civic and domestic space -- Fragrant food -- Smells of health and disease -- Sacred scents -- God's nostrils -- Transforming the body: scent in early Christianity -- Purifying the body: scent in early Islam -- Scents of paradise -- Heavenly scents
Summary This book examines the "sweet smells of sanctity" within early Christianity and Islam. It is a comparative study of two nascent religious communities, located in disparate times and space, employing scent to define cultural, social, and theological ideals. It will be of interest to scholars of religious studies, gender studies, and history
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on August 08, 2016)
Subject Human body -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Senses and sensation -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Smell -- Religious aspects.
Odors.
Smell -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
Smell -- Religious aspects -- Islam.
Odorants
odors.
RELIGION -- Reference.
Smell -- Religious aspects -- Islam
Smell -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Human body -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Odors
Senses and sensation -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Smell -- Religious aspects
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2016016268
ISBN 9780739174531
0739174533