Becoming A New Self: Practices Of Belief In Early Modern Catholicism,New Nocenti Including Access To Pharmaceuticals

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Becoming A New Self: Practices Of Belief In Early Modern Catholicism,New Nocenti Including Access To PharmaceuticalsIn Becoming A New Self, Moshe Sluhovsky Examines The Diffusion Of Spiritual Practices Among Lay Catholics In Early Modern Europe. By Offering A Close Examination Of Early Modern Catholic Penitential And Meditative Techniques, Sluhovsky Makes The Case That These Practices Promoted The Idea Of Achieving A New Self Through The Knowing Of Oneself. Practices Such As The Examination Of Conscience, General Confession, And Spiritual Exercises, Which Until The