Scenting salvation : ancient Christianity and the olfactory imagination - Harvey, Susan Ashbrook (Berkeley : University of California Press, 2006)
1. The olfactory context : smelling the early Christian world -- 2. The Christian body : ritually fashioned experience -- 3. Olfaction and Christian knowing -- 4. Redeeming scents : ascetic models -- 5. Sanctity and stench -- 6. Resurrection, sensation, and knowledge.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 331-388) and indexes.
Keywords: Smell -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History; Senses and sensation -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History; Odors; Worship; Sacrifice