Engaging Empire with the Body: Rethinking Pauline Celibacy
The promotion of celibacy and asceticism among early Jesus follower communities, and also advocated in the Pauline letters, formed part of the broader contemporary social discursive context. Celibacy and its implications should be understood beyond narrow conceptions of religious devotion and ritual...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Taylor & Francis Group
[2016]
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Journal of early Christian history
Year: 2016, Volume: 6, Issue: 3, Pages: 43-66 |
| RelBib Classification: | HC New Testament NCF Sexual ethics TB Antiquity |
| Further subjects: | B
Celibacy
B Sex B Roman Empire B Gender B domesticity B Body B Pauline Letters |
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| Summary: | The promotion of celibacy and asceticism among early Jesus follower communities, and also advocated in the Pauline letters, formed part of the broader contemporary social discursive context. Celibacy and its implications should be understood beyond narrow conceptions of religious devotion and ritual, to include how celibacy also related to socio-cultural and political issues pertaining to the body and power, sex and gender relations, and the hegemony of the Roman Empire. |
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| ISSN: | 2471-4054 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of early Christian history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/2222582X.2016.1273984 |