How Long to Read Embodying the Sacred

How Long Does it Take to Read Embodying the Sacred?

It takes the average reader 4 hours and 40 minutes to read Embodying the Sacred by Nancy E. van Deusen

Assuming a reading speed of 250 words per minute. Learn more

Description

In seventeenth-century Lima, pious Catholic women gained profound theological understanding and enacted expressions of spiritual devotion by engaging with a wide range of sacred texts and objects, as well as with one another, their families, and ecclesiastical authorities. In Embodying the Sacred, Nancy E. van Deusen considers how women created and navigated a spiritual existence within the colonial city's complex social milieu. Through close readings of diverse primary sources, van Deusen shows that these women recognized the divine—or were objectified as conduits of holiness—in innovative and powerful ways: dressing a religious statue, performing charitable acts, sharing interiorized spiritual visions, constructing autobiographical texts, or offering their hair or fingernails to disciples as living relics. In these manifestations of piety, each of these women transcended the limited outlets available to them for expressing and enacting their faith in colonial Lima, and each transformed early modern Catholicism in meaningful ways.

How long is Embodying the Sacred?

Embodying the Sacred by Nancy E. van Deusen is 280 pages long, and a total of 70,000 words.

This makes it 94% the length of the average book. It also has 86% more words than the average book.

How Long Does it Take to Read Embodying the Sacred Aloud?

The average oral reading speed is 183 words per minute. This means it takes 6 hours and 22 minutes to read Embodying the Sacred aloud.

What Reading Level is Embodying the Sacred?

Embodying the Sacred is suitable for students ages 12 and up.

Note that there may be other factors that effect this rating besides length that are not factored in on this page. This may include things like complex language or sensitive topics not suitable for students of certain ages.

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