The Body & Society: Men, Women & Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity
by Peter R.L. Brown
Addresses the practice of permanent sexual renunciation that developed in Christian circles from the first to the fifth centuries AD. This book describes the early Christians and their preoccupations. It follows the reflection and controversy these notions generated among Christian writers. It is intended for classicists and medievalists.
Release Date:
April 24, 1990