"When brothers dwell in unity" : Byzantine Christianity and homosexuality / Stephen Morris.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Morris, Stephen, 1958 June 18- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.

Homosexuality.

Monastic and religious life--Byzantine Empire.

Monastic and religious life.

Sex--Religious aspects--Christianity.

History.

Homosexuality--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Byzantine Empire--Religious life and customs.

Byzantine Empire.

Byzantine Empire--Church history.

Church history.

Sex--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.

Sex.

Physical Description:

viii, 227 pages ; 23 cm

Place of Publication:

Jefferson, North Carolina : Mcfarland & Company, Inc., Publishers, [2016]

Summary:

"In the world of early Byzantine Christianity, monastic rules acknowledged but discouraged the homosexual impulses of adult males. Canonical prohibitions of anal sex distinguish among eight possible sexual pairings, the most offensive being a husband-wife, the least offensive being two unrelated males. Other forms of male-male sex were considered little more than masturbation"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

1 "Receive Not Any Boys, Beardless Youths, and Eunuchs": Monastic Experience and the Beautiful Boys 17

2 The "Gay" Male as Byzantine Monster: Civil/Secular Legislation and Punishment for Same-Sex Behavior 42

3 "Better Than Free Fornication": Suspicious Sexual Relationships in Canon Law and Penitential Handbooks 65

4 "Their Teaching Satanic ... Their Life Also Diabolical": John Chrysostom on Same-Sex Behavior 99

5 "Look Down from Heaven, Behold and Visit This Vine": Liturgy and Anthropology of Adelphopoiia 137.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780786495177

0786495170

OCLC:

908375494