by Edna MacDonald, FMA

Subjects:

• Introduction
• Embodiment and Christian Spirituality
• Nineteenth-Century Italian Catholic Ascetical Practice: The Century of Asceticism
• Nineteenth-Century Italian Asceticism and Its Impact on Women
• A Theology of the Body: An Analysis of the Autobiographical Works of Maria Domenica Mazzarello
• Care for the Body, Not Distrust of the Body
• The Body Viewed Within the Realm of Self-Motivational Choices and Constant Re-Evaluation of Life-Style, Not an Obstacle to Overcome through the Practice of Purity
• The Body Considered within the Notion of a Developing Self Invested in Material Conditions, Not as a Punitive Understanding of the Spiritual Experience
• Conclusion