Sexuality and the Christian Self: Michel Foucault’s Reading of the Church Fathers

This article discusses Michel Foucault’s “last” book, the recently published Les aveux de la chair. In the first part, an analysis is provided of Foucault’s understanding and treatment of the patristic texts he decides to mine for his theory of sexuality. Foucault finds in the church fathers a gener...

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Subtitles:Celebrating the 50th Anniversary of the Toronto School of Theology, [Part 1]
Main Author: Zachhuber, Johannes 1967- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: School [2020]
In: Toronto journal of theology
Year: 2020, Volume: 36, Issue: 2, Pages: 170-182
IxTheo Classification:CA Christianity
NBE Anthropology
ZA Social sciences
Further subjects:B Michel Foucault
B Modernity
B history of sexuality
B Church Fathers
B Late Antiquity
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