Abandoned to Lust
Sexual Slander and Ancient Christianity (Gender, Theory, and Religion)
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Word Count
76,000 words, Guess
Page Count
304 pages
Physical Format
Hardcover
Identifiers
- Open LibraryOL10196381M
- ISBN-139780231136624
- ISBN-100231136625
- OCLC Control Number60605289
- Library of Congress Control Number2005049778
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- Goodreads26785
- LibraryThing4562482
Classifications
- LCCBR195.S48K58 2006
Description
"Through careful, innovative readings, Jennifer Knust explores the writings of Paul, Justin Martyr, Irenacus of Lyons, and other early Christian authors who argued that Christ alone made self-mastery possible. Rejection of Christ led to both immoral sexual behavior and, ultimately, alienation and punishment from God. Knust considers how Christian writers participated in a long tradition of rhetorical invective, a rhetoric that was often employed to defend status and difference. Christians borrowed, deployed, and reconfigured classical rhetorical techniques, turning them against their rulers to undercut their moral and political authority. Knust also examines the use of accusations of licentiousness in conflicts between rival groups of Christians. Portraying rival sects as depraved allowed accusers to claim their own group as representative of "true Christianity.""--Jacket.
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