Violated and transcended bodies: gender, martyrdom, and asceticism in early Christianity
Given its eschatological orientation and its marginal position in the Roman Empire, emergent Christianity found embodiment, as an aspect of being in the world, problematic. Those identified and identifying as Christians developed two broad responses to that world as they embraced the idea of being i...
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| Format: | Electronic Book |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge
Cambridge University Press
2021
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| In: | Year: 2021 |
| Series/Journal: | Cambridge elements. Elements in religion and violence
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| Further subjects: | B
Martyrdom
Christianity
B Asceticism History Early church, ca. 30-600 B Church History Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 |
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| Summary: | Given its eschatological orientation and its marginal position in the Roman Empire, emergent Christianity found embodiment, as an aspect of being in the world, problematic. Those identified and identifying as Christians developed two broad responses to that world as they embraced the idea of being in, yet not of it. The first response, martyrdom, was witness to the strength their faith gave to fragile bodies, particularly those of women, and the ability by suffering to overcome bodily limitation and attain the resurrection life. The second, asceticism, complemented and later continued martyrdom as a means of bodily transcendence and participation in the spiritual world. |
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| Item Description: | Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 31 May 2021) |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (69 pages), digital, PDF file(s). |
| ISBN: | 100905337X |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1017/9781009053372 |