Christian Doctrine on 'Body and Flesh' Topic of UCSB Affiliates Public Lecture

Christian doctrines, rituals, and prohibitions about the body and the flesh will be explored on Monday, May 1, in a UCSB Affiliates "Spirituality & Culture" lecture by Daniel Bornstein, a visiting professor in UC Santa Barbara's Department of Religious Studies.

Titled "Relics, Ascetics, and Living Saints in Medieval Christianity: Holy Bodies, Sacred Flesh," the lecture will begin at 7:30 p.m. at the First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall, 21 East Constance Ave., Santa Barbara.

Tickets are $8 for UCSB Affiliates and Chancellor's Council members, $10 for others.

Contact the UCSB Office of Community Relations at 893-4388 to register, as space is limited.

Bornstein, a professor at Texas A&M University, is the J. E. and Lillian Byrne Tipton Distinguished Visiting Professor at UCSB this quarter.

A historian of medieval and Renaissance Italy, he studies the role of religion in everyday life.

Bornstein is currently writing a book on religion, culture, and society in medieval Cortona.

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