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The Body & Society: Men, Women & Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity
1988·504 pages
Historical study of sexual renunciation, celibacy, virginity, and the body in early Christianity from the 1st to 5th centuries.
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Historical study of sexual renunciation, celibacy, virginity, and the body in early Christianity from the 1st to 5th centuries.
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First published in 1988, Peter Brown's The Body and Society was a groundbreaking study of the marriage and sexual practices of early Christians in the ancient Mediterranean and Near East. Brown focuses on the practice of permanent sexual renunciation-continence, celibacy, and lifelong virginity-in Christian circles from the first to the fifth centuries A.D. and traces early Christians' preoccupations with sexuality and the body in the work of the period's great writers. The Body and Society ques...
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Sexual content
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Central analysis of celibacy, virginity, marriage, and early Christian sexual ethics across centuries.
Violence & gore
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Brief references to martyrdom and ascetic suffering without graphic detail.
Profanity
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No profanity present.
Substance use
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No substance use depicted.
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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No LGBTQ+ themes or representation.
Religious content
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Extensive coverage of early Christian theology, clergy, ascetic practices, and key church fathers.
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft present.
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content.
Political content
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Examines gender roles, Roman social hierarchies, slavery, and aristocratic structures.
Self-harm / suicide
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No self-harm or suicide depicted.
Abuse & suffering
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Discussions of slavery, social coercion, and ascetic self-denial in historical context.
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