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Ancient and Christian understanding of the body as an outpost, a tool, to be used for a higher purpose and eventually destroyed. Modern understanding of the body as the end all be all of existence, therefore it must be protected at all costs.

I like the book's Christian perspective, but it is clearly written for the popular reader, rather than the academic. I understand that is deliberate, but it left me wondering where the hardcore Christian historians are.

Gripping! Stayed up late reading because I couldn’t put it done. I haven’t done that in years!

Really slow start, but now it has picked up. Plot momentum keeps getting bogged down in these long speeches character’s make about the nature of Creation.

I like this a lot but Shippey should have done a bot more homework when it comes to Catholic theology.

Liking it so far. I love the trope of a wild frontiersman with a sense of justice being restricted by a corrupt authority.

Something I haven't caught before; the description of Greek mythology as something that went upwards, and the Roman mythology as something that went downwards. Rome had gods for all little things; door knobs and fountains. Like elves they surrounded the home, making it a sacred place. Greek gods were lofty, living up on a mountain, far removed from humanity.