| Description |
xx, 504 pages : illustrations, map ; 25 cm. |
| Series |
Lectures on the history of religions ; new ser., no. 13 |
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Lectures on the history of religions ; new ser., no. 13.
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| Bibliography |
Bibliography: pages [449]-493. |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Contents |
pt. 1. From Paul to Anthony -- Body and city -- From apostle to apologist : sexual order and sexual renunciation in the early church -- Martyrdom, prophecy and continence : Hermas to Tertullian -- "To undo the works of women" : Marcion, Tatian, and the Encratites -- "When you make the two one" : Valentinus and gnostic spiritual guidance -- "A faint image of divine providence" : Clement of Alexandria -- "A promiscuous brotherhood and sisterhood" : men and women in the Christian churches -- "I beseech you : be transformed" : Origen -- "Walking on earth, touching high heaven's vault" : Porphyry and Methodius -- Church and body : Cyprian, Mani and Eusebius of Caesarea -- pt. 2. Asceticism and society in the Eastern empire -- The desert fathers : Anthony to John Climacus -- "Make to yourselves separate booths" : monks, women and marriage in Egypt -- "Daughters of Jerusalem" : the ascetic life of women in the fourth century -- Marriage and mortality : Gregory of Nyssa -- Sexuality in the city : John Chrysostom -- "These are our angels" : Syria -- pt. 3. Ambrose to Augustine : the making of the Latin tradition -- Aula pudoris : Ambrose -- "Learn of me a holy arrogance" : Jerome -- Sexuality and society : Augustine -- Body and society : the early middle ages. |
| Subject |
Celibacy -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, approximately 30-600.
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Virginity -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, approximately 30-600.
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Sex -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, approximately 30-600.
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Asceticism -- History -- Early church, approximately 30-600.
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| ISBN |
0231061005 alkaline paper |
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9780231061001 alkaline paper |
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0231061013 paperback |
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9780231061018 paperback |
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