The Burden of the Flesh Fasting and Sexuality in Early Christianity
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- Binding: Paperback
- Publisher: Augsburg Fortress Pub
- Publish date: 04/01/1998
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Teresa Shaw's fascinating book explores the relationship between fasting and sexual renunciation in Christian writings of the early church. It affords a startling look at the body, ethics, diet, and sexuality in late antiquity.
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Focusing on the fourth and early fifth centuries, Shaw considers three types of Christian arguments -- physiological, psychological, and eschatological -- about the efficacy of fasting in the ascetic pursuit of chastity. Demonstrating their connections also illumines relationships between body and belief, theory and behavior, and physical self-abnegation and theological speculation. In the process, Shaw examines a variety of texts from the seventh century B.C.E. to the seventh century C.E., including medical treatises, philosophical writings, Christian homilies, and theological treatises.
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