From Shame to Sin: The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity (Revealing Antiquity)
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| Rating | : | 4.17 (937 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0674072774 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 316 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-10-11 |
| Language | : | English |
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Comment Man said The dark ages are back!. A few weeks ago, a friend and I scratched our heads in mutual befuddlement at I Corinthians 7 The dark ages are back! A few weeks ago, a friend and I scratched our heads in mutual befuddlement at I Corinthians 7 36-38. In these verses St. Paul seems to condone a man breaking off a marriage engagement if he wished to lead a life of celibacy. From our modern perspective, where a man and woman enter into an engagement from a love relationship, this seemed quite dastardly behavior. . 6-The dark ages are back! A few weeks ago, a friend and I scratched our heads in mutual befuddlement at I Corinthians 7 36-38. In these verses St. Paul seems to condone a man breaking off a marriage engagement if he wished to lead a life of celibacy. From our modern perspective, where a man and woman enter into an engagement from a love relationship, this seemed quite dastardly behavior. . 8. In these verses St. Paul seems to condone a man breaking off a marriage engagement if he wished to lead a life of celibacy. From our modern perspective, where a man and woman enter into an engagement from a love relationship, this seemed quite dastardly behavior. . Ed Morgan said Very Interesting Topic, Left Wanting More. Kyle Harper's argument in From Shame to Sin is an incredibly fascinating one: that Christianity is responsible for the transformation of sexual morality in the Roman Empire from sex as a shameful act to a sin. However, for a book about sex throughout history, the writing is less than compelling.Harper hopes to "speak to readers generally interested in antiquity, . Culture Wars Culture Wars 400 A.D. El Gringo This book describes the revolutionary transformation of sexual mores from Classical to Christian in the Mediterranean world. It is not comprehensive and does not provide much of an explanation about why it happened. However he relates a lot of detail that is interesting for those like me who are more familiar with politics and warfare in the Roman Empire than eve. 00 A.D. This book describes the revolutionary transformation of sexual mores from Classical to Christian in the Mediterranean world. It is not comprehensive and does not provide much of an explanation about why it happened. However he relates a lot of detail that is interesting for those like me who are more familiar with politics and warfare in the Roman Empire than eve
. Kyle Harper is Professor of Classics and Letters at the University of Oklahoma
In particular, he challenges the tendency set in motion by Veyne, Foucault, and followers that emphasized the similarities between the 'restraint' and 'moderation' counseled by Roman-era philosophers ('gloomy Stoics') and literary men, and the more drastic renunciation preached by (some) Christians. Kyle Harper’s book From Shame to Sin: The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity is a scintillating contribution to this series. (Candida R. (Peter Brown New York Review of Books 2013-12-19)Harper brings a classicist’s expertise to this rich, provocative account of early Christian attempts to transform Roman sexual culture and the understandings of the body, property, sexuality, and the cosmos that formed its basis. ‘Rev
The rise of Christianity fundamentally changed the ethics of sexual behavior. When Rome was at its height, an emperor’s male beloved, victim of an untimely death, would be worshipped around the empire as a god. Most profound, however, was the emergence of the idea of free will in Christian dogma, which made all human action, including sexual behavior, accountable to the spiritual, not the physical, world.. At the center of it all was sex. In this same society, the routine sexual exploitation of poor and enslaved women was abetted by public institutions. The gradual transformat