The Body & Society
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Men, Women, and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity
The Body and Society questions how theological views on sexuality and the human body both mirrored and shaped relationships between men and women, Roman aristocracy and slaves, and the married and the celibate. Brown discusses Tertullian, Valentinus, Clement of Alexandria, Origen, Constantine, the Desert Fathers, Jerome, Ambrose, and Augustine, among others, and considers asceticism and society in the Eastern Empire, martyrdom and prophecy, gnostic spiritual guidance, promiscuity among the men and women of the church, monks and marriage in Egypt, the ascetic life of women in fourth-century Jerusalem, and the body and society in the early Middle Ages. In his new introduction, Brown reflects on his work's reception in the scholarly community.
Isbn / Product Code - 9780231144070
Dimensions - 23x3.5x15cm
Printed Pages - 505
Format - Paperback
Year Of Publication - 2008
Publisher - Columbia University Press
Author - Peter Brown