Thesis
Godly lives
- Alternative title:
- asceticism and anthropology, with special reference to sexuality, in the writings of St. Irenaeus of Lyons and St. Clement of Alexandria
- Abstract:
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This thesis aims to restore the balance of modern investigations into Christian asceticism and anthropology by reading the texts of Sts. Irenaeus and Clement within their theological perspectives, and thereby examine the presuppositions determining how we think about sexual difference. In the Introduction I examine the projects of M. Foucault and P. Brown, arguing that they do not remain faithful to the concerns of the texts which they treat.
In Part One, I show how asceticism, for...
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Bibliographic Details
- Publication date:
- 1995
- Type of award:
- DPhil
- Level of award:
- Doctoral
- Awarding institution:
- University of Oxford
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- Language:
- English
- Subjects:
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- Local pid:
- td:602327057
- Source identifiers:
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- Deposit date:
- 2014-07-22
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- Copyright holder:
- Behr, John
- Copyright date:
- 1995
- Notes:
- This thesis was digitised thanks to the generosity of Dr Leonard Polonsky
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