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Church Fathers, Independent Virgins
Joyce E. Salisbury
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Description for Church Fathers, Independent Virgins
Paperback. Ascetic renunciation freed holy women of traditional womanly roles. Saints such as Mary of Egypt provoked the Church Fathers to introduce legislation to bring holy women under control. Salisbury traces these debates and legislation and contrasts them with the real lives of seven women saints. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: HRCC1; HRCM; HRCX6; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 268.
This startling study of early Christian attitudes toward sexuality begins with an account of the different stances adopted by the Church-from the Early Fathers' view that sex and the female body were irredeemably unholy, to Augustine's contention that sex was natural, but lust was evil. While the Church Fathers struggled to reach consistent theoretical conclusions, the underlying conflation of 'women' with 'sex' meant that patristic statements on chastity, virginity and marriage effectively read as ecclesiastical law governing women's conduct.
Joyce Salisbury explains the relationship between Church doctrine and the position of women by placing these official views alongside an ascetic ... Read more
This startling study of early Christian attitudes toward sexuality begins with an account of the different stances adopted by the Church-from the Early Fathers' view that sex and the female body were irredeemably unholy, to Augustine's contention that sex was natural, but lust was evil. While the Church Fathers struggled to reach consistent theoretical conclusions, the underlying conflation of 'women' with 'sex' meant that patristic statements on chastity, virginity and marriage effectively read as ecclesiastical law governing women's conduct.
Joyce Salisbury explains the relationship between Church doctrine and the position of women by placing these official views alongside an ascetic ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Verso Books
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
Number of Pages
180
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780860915966
SKU
V9780860915966
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About Joyce E. Salisbury
Joyce E. Salisbury is professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, and the author of Iberian Popular, 600 B.C. to 700 A.D. and Medieval Sexuality: A Research Guide.
Reviews for Church Fathers, Independent Virgins
... wonderful accounts of female bloody-mindedness and a very accessible explanation of the Church's growing limitation of women's roles ... it is unusual to find a book that is both useful and fun.
Sara Maitland The modern resistors of the feminine role can now, thanks to this lively book, take heart from the exploits of their foremothers who cocked ... Read more
Sara Maitland The modern resistors of the feminine role can now, thanks to this lively book, take heart from the exploits of their foremothers who cocked ... Read more