Perkins, Judith,  1944- <br/><br/>
The suffering self :  pain and narrative representation in early Christian era / 
Judith Perkins. 
 - London ;  New York, N.Y. :  Routledge,  1995. 
 - 254 p. ;  23 cm. 
<br/><br/>1. Death as a Happy Ending -- 2. Marriages as Happy Endings -- 3. Pain Without Effect -- 4. Suffering and Power -- 5. Healing and Power: The Acts of Peter -- 6. The Sick Self -- 7. Ideology, Not Pathology -- 8. Saints' Lives: The Community of Sufferers. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>0415113636 0415127068 (pbk.) 9780415113632 9780415127066 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Suffering--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines<br/>Pain--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines<br/>Identification (Religion)--History of doctrines<br/>Suffering--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines<br/>Pain--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines<br/>Identification (Religion)--History of doctrines