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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Main Author: Streete, Gail Corrington 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2021
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Series/Journal:Cambridge elements. Elements in religion and violence
Further subjects:B Martyrdom Christianity
B Asceticism History Early church, ca. 30-600
B Church History Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
Online Access: Volltext (lizenzpflichtig)
Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 9781009054157

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