Buch, Englisch, 462 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 650 g
Reihe: Oxford Classical Monographs
The Making of Asceticism in Late Antiquity
Buch, Englisch, 462 Seiten, Paperback, Format (B × H): 140 mm x 216 mm, Gewicht: 650 g
Reihe: Oxford Classical Monographs
ISBN: 978-0-19-815044-2
Verlag: OUP Oxford
Situated in a period that witnessed the genesis of institutions that have lasted to this day, this path-breaking study looks at how ancient Christian women, particularly in Asia Minor and Egypt, initiated ascetic ways of living, and how these practices were then institutionalized. Susanna Elm demonstrates that--in direct contrast to later conceptions--asceticism began primarly as an urban movement, in which women were significant protagonists.
In the process, they completely transformed and expanded their roles as wife, mother, or widow: as Christian ascetics, they became `virgin wives', `virgin mothers', and `virgin widows' - with all the legal and economic implications of such a dramatic shift. As importantly, though, Christian men and women ascetics lived together. As `virgins of God' they created new families `in Christ'. No longer determined by their human bonds or human sexuality, they were `neither male nor female'.
Finally, the book demonstrates how ascetic bishops - today known as saints - eventually `reformed' these early models of communal, ascetic life by dividing the `virgins of God' into monks and nuns and thus laid the foundation for the monasticism we know today.
Elm
Virgins of God jetzt bestellen!
In the process, they completely transformed and expanded their roles as wife, mother, or widow: as Christian ascetics, they became `virgin wives', `virgin mothers', and `virgin widows' - with all the legal and economic implications of such a dramatic shift. As importantly, though, Christian men and women ascetics lived together. As `virgins of God' they created new families `in Christ'. No longer determined by their human bonds or human sexuality, they were `neither male nor female'.
Finally, the book demonstrates how ascetic bishops - today known as saints - eventually `reformed' these early models of communal, ascetic life by dividing the `virgins of God' into monks and nuns and thus laid the foundation for the monasticism we know today.
Autoren/Hrsg.
Fachgebiete
- Geisteswissenschaften Kunst Kunst, allgemein Kunsttheorie, Kunstphilosophie
- Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Ästhetik
- Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Kirchengeschichte Frühes Christentum, Patristik, Christliche Archäologie
- Geisteswissenschaften Geschichtswissenschaft Geschichtliche Themen Kultur- und Ideengeschichte
- Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Soziale Gruppen/Soziale Themen Gender Studies, Geschlechtersoziologie
- Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften: Allgemeines
Bitte ändern Sie das Passwort
