Violated and transcended bodies gender, martyrdom, and asceticism in early Christianity Gail P. Streete

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Streete, Gail Corrington, 1949- author.

Series:

Elements in religion and violence

Cambridge elements. Elements in religion and violence

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Asceticism--History--Early church, ca. 30-600.

Asceticism.

Martyrdom--Christianity.

Martyrdom.

Church history--Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600.

Church history.

Asceticism--Early church.

Church history--Primitive and early church.

Genre:

History

Physical Description:

1 online resource

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, United Kingdom New York, NY Cambridge University Press 2021

Summary:

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 in, yet not of it. The first response, martyrdom, was witness to the strength their faith gave to fragile bodies, particularly those of women, and the ability by suffering to overcome bodily limitation and attain the resurrection life. The second, asceticism, complemented and later continued martyrdom as a means of bodily transcendence and participation in the spiritual world.-- Provided by publisher

Contents:

1. About Bodies, Gender, and Identity; 2. Equal Opportunity: Martyrs and Ascetics; 3. Martyrdom as Asceticism: Thecla and the Apocryphal Acts of the Apostles; 4. Bodies that Save the World; Abbreviations; Bibliography

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references

Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on May 12, 2021)

ISBN:

9781009053372

100905337X

OCLC:

1250365707

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license