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Heaven On Earth In Medieval Europe: Material Expressions Of An Immaterial Realm, Christopher A. Tiegreen
Heaven On Earth In Medieval Europe: Material Expressions Of An Immaterial Realm, Christopher A. Tiegreen
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The religious mind in medieval Latin Christianity was thoroughly preoccupied with heaven, not only as an afterlife destination but as a present reality just beyond the reach of physical senses. But material expressions of heaven could, in connecting with the senses, usher the soul into an experience of heaven’s realities, and many ecclesiastics, philosophers, architects, artists, musicians, city leaders, and utopian visionaries thought heaven’s realities had significant implications for life on earth. As a result, social hierarchies, the geometry of structures, the intervals of sacred music, the iconography of artists, the organization of sacred and civic space, and the words …
Cornflakes, God, And Circumcision: John Harvey Kellogg And Transatlantic Health Reform, Austin Eli Loignon
Cornflakes, God, And Circumcision: John Harvey Kellogg And Transatlantic Health Reform, Austin Eli Loignon
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The health reform movements of the nineteenth and early twentieth century impacted American and European societies in profound ways. These reforms, while usually represented in a national context, existed within a transatlantic framework that facilitated a multitude of exchanges and transfers. John Harvey Kellogg—surgeon, health reformer, and inventor of cornflakes—developed a transatlantic network of health reformers, medical practitioners, and scientists to improve his own reforms and establish new ones. Through intercultural transfer Kellogg borrowed, modified, and implemented European health reform practices at his Battle Creek Sanitarium in the United States. These transfers facilitated developments in reform movements such as vegetarianism, …