TY  - BOOK
AU  - Brown,Peter
TI  - The body and society: men, women, and sexual renunciation in early Christianity 
T2  - Columbia classics in religion
SN  - 9780231144063 (cloth : alk. paper : alk. paper)
AV  - BR 195 .C45 B76 2008
PY  - 2008///
CY  - New York
PB  - Columbia University Press
KW  - Celibacy
KW  - Christianity
KW  - History of doctrines
KW  - Early church, ca. 30-600
KW  - Virginity
KW  - Religious aspects
KW  - Sex
KW  - Asceticism
KW  - History
N1  - Originally published: New York : Columbia University Press, 1988; Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
UR  - http://catdir.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy1002/2008006058.html
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