'Even in our impulses, there's some kind of thinking going on, and that's what I want to talk about...Unlike some psychological or philosophical schools which regard the emotions as non-rational, I approach emotions as consisting of judgments; they are tied up in rationality. In addition to being cognitive and physiological, emotions also reflect one's social and cultural context.' —Dr. Georgia Frank
As Christianity spread in late antiquity, the meaning of emotions—and the expectations about how to deal with them—shifted. Watch Dr. Frank unpack some of this history in her lecture, “Feeling Christian: Re-educating the Emotions in Late Antiquity,” now available on the Institute's YouTube channel.
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ABOUT GEORGIA FRANK
Georgia Frank is a professor of religion at Colgate University. Her interests include ancient Christian pilgrimage, icons, relics, monasticism. She is author of The Memory of the Eyes: Pilgrims to Living Saints in Christian Late Antiquity (University of California Press, 2000).