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12%OFFKyle Harper - From Shame to Sin: The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity (Revealing Antiquity) - 9780674660014 - V9780674660014
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From Shame to Sin: The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity (Revealing Antiquity)

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Description for From Shame to Sin: The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity (Revealing Antiquity) Paperback. The transformation of the Roman world from polytheistic to Christian is one of the most sweeping ideological changes of premodern history. At the center was sex. Kyle Harper examines how Christianity changed the ethics of sexual behavior from shame to sin, and shows how the roots of modern sexuality are grounded in an ancient religious revolution. Series: Revealing Antiquity. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: HRAX; HRC; HRCC7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .

When Rome was at its height, an emperor’s male beloved, victim of an untimely death, would be worshipped around the empire as a god. In this same society, the routine sexual exploitation of poor and enslaved women was abetted by public institutions. Four centuries later, a Roman emperor commanded the mutilation of men caught in same-sex affairs, even as he affirmed the moral dignity of women without any civic claim to honor. The gradual transformation of the Roman world from polytheistic to Christian marks one of the most sweeping ideological changes of premodern history. At the center of it all ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Series
Revealing Antiquity
Condition
New
Weight
362g
Number of Pages
320
Place of Publication
Cambridge, Mass, United States
ISBN
9780674660014
SKU
V9780674660014
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99-18

About Kyle Harper
Kyle Harper is Professor of Classics and Letters at the University of Oklahoma.

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Only in the last generation have we realized the sheer, tingling drop of the canyon that lies between us and a world that we had previously tended to take for granted as directly available to our own categories of understanding. ‘Revealing Antiquity,’ the Harvard University Press series edited by Glen Bowersock, has played its part in instilling in us all ... Read more

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