Violated and transcended bodies: gender, martyrdom, and asceticism in early Christianity

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 i...

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Main Author: Streete, Gail Corrington 1949- (Author)
Format: Electronic Book
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Cambridge University Press 2021
In:Year: 2021
Series/Journal:Cambridge elements. Elements in religion and violence
Further subjects:B Martyrdom Christianity
B Asceticism History Early church, ca. 30-600
B Church History Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600
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Parallel Edition:Erscheint auch als: 9781009054157
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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.
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ISBN:100905337X
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1017/9781009053372