Abandoned to lust : sexual slander and ancient Christianity /
Early Christians used charges of adultery, incest, and lascivious behavior to demonize their opponents, police insiders, resist pagan rulers, and define what it meant to be a Christian. Christians frequently claimed that they, and they alone were sexually virtuous, comparing themselves to those mark...
| Основен автор: | Knust, Jennifer Wright, 1966- |
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| Формат: | Електронна книга |
| Език: | English |
| Публикувано: |
New York :
Columbia University Press,
℗♭2006.
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| Серия: |
Gender, theory, and religion.
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| Онлайн достъп: |
http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&AN=149710 |
| Подобни документи: |
Print version::
Abandoned to lust. |
| Резюме: |
Early Christians used charges of adultery, incest, and lascivious behavior to demonize their opponents, police insiders, resist pagan rulers, and define what it meant to be a Christian. Christians frequently claimed that they, and they alone were sexually virtuous, comparing themselves to those marked as outsiders, especially non-believers and ""heretics, "" who were said to be controlled by lust and unable to rein in their carnal desires. True or not, these charges allowed Christians to present themselves as different from and morally superior to those around them. Through caref. |
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| Описание на библ. документ: |
Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Columbia University, 2001. |
| Физически характеристики: |
1 online resource (xviii. 279 pages). |
| Библиография: |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 237-270) and index. |
| ISBN: |
0231510047 9780231510042 |