Screen LibrarySpecters of paul : sexual difference in early christian thought /
Benjamin H. Dunning explores the variety of approaches to sexual difference in second- and third-century Christian thought with particular attention to the ways in which the legacy of the apostle Paul fueled, shaped, and also constrained approaches to the issue.
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University of Pennsylvania Press,
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| Publisher Address: | Philadelphia, Pa. : |
| Publication Dates: |
[2011] ©2011 |
| Literature type: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Divinations
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| Subjects: |
Sex differences
> Religious aspects
> Christianity
> History of doctrines
> Early church, ca.30-600.
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| Online Access: |
http://dx.doi.org/10.9783/9780812204353 http://www.degruyter.com/doc/cover/9780812204353.jpg |
| Summary: |
Benjamin H. Dunning explores the variety of approaches to sexual difference in second- and third-century Christian thought with particular attention to the ways in which the legacy of the apostle Paul fueled, shaped, and also constrained approaches to the issue. |
| Carrier Form: | 1 online resource (264 pages) : illustrations. |
| ISBN: | 9780812204353 |
| Index Number: | BT704 |
| CLC: | B972 |
| Contents: |
Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction -- Chapter 1. The Many Become One: Theological Monism and the Problem of the Female Body -- Chapter 2. Desire and the Feminine: Clement of Alexandria s Displacement of Eve -- Chapter 3. What Sort of Thing Is This Luminous Woman? Sexual Dimorphism in On the Origin of the World -- Chapter 4. Virgin Earth, Virgin Birth: Irenaeus of Lyons and the Predicaments of Recapitulation -- Chapter 5. "The Contrary Operation": Resignifying the Unpenetrated Body in Tertullian of Carthage -- Conclusion: Specters of Paul -- List of Abbreviations -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments. |