{"product_id":"humble-aspiration-constructing-an-early-christian-ideal-9780814684061","title":"Humble Aspiration: Constructing an Early Christian Ideal","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Bernadette McNary-Zak\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Liturgical Press\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Liturgical Press\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Monasticism\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\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","brand":"Liturgical Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":47889231085719,"sku":"9780814684061","price":2563.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780814684061.webp?v=1781175104","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/humble-aspiration-constructing-an-early-christian-ideal-9780814684061","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}