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Birthing salvation : gender and class in early Christian childbearing discourse /
In 'Birthing Salvation' Anna Rebecca Solevåg explores the theme of childbearing in early Christian discourse. The book maps the importance of women's childbearing in Greco-Roman culture and shows how childbearing discourse interfaces with salvation discourse in three early Christian...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Leiden ; Boston :
Brill,
2013.
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| Colección: | Biblical interpretation series ;
121. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Acknowledgements; Abbreviations; Introduction; What Does Salvation Have to Do with Childbearing?; Greco-Roman Childbearing Discourse; Chapter Outline; Chapter One. On Waves, Discourses and Intersections; Introduction; Continuity and Change in Feminist Readings; Women at the Center; Celibacy as Autonomy; Class
- a Blind Spot?; A Third-Wave Approach; Discourse; Gender; Intersectionality; Conclusion; Chapter Two. Greco-Roman Childbearing Discourse; Introduction; The Origin of Woman; Marriage for Procreation; Slaves and Procreation; The Fecundity of the Roman Empire.
- Deviant Women Don't Want ChildrenA Pronatalistic Gynecology; Childbearing Imagery; Conclusion; Chapter Three. The Pastoral Epistles; Introduction; Date, Place, Authorship, Genre; What Do Scholars Say about 1Tim 2:15?; Salvation in the Pastoral Epistles; The Centrality of Salvation; Salvation, Sound Teaching and Good Deeds; Constructions of Gender and Class; The Kyriarchal Structure of the Household of God; Female Virtue and Vice; Protocols of Masculinity; Slaves and Constructions of Gender; Salvation and Childbearing in the Pastoral Epistles; The Context of the Passage.
- Men's Temper and Women's DressKyriarchally Stratified Teaching Roles; The Gullibility of Women; Salvation through Childbirth; Conclusion; Chapter Four. The Acts of Andrew; Introduction; Date, Place, Authorship, Genre; Summary of the Story; Salvation in the Acts of Andrew; The Significance of Words; Platonic Influence; An Encratite Gospel?; Constructions of Gender and Class; The Manly Apostle; Philosopher Masculinity; The Ideal Woman; Good and Bad Slaves; Salvation and Childbearing in the Acts of Andrew; The Male Birthing of the Word; Reproductive Homoeroticism; Maximilla as Christ's Wife.
- Maximilla as New EveBecoming Male, Becoming Words; The Wanton Slave Girl; Conclusion; Chapter Five. The Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicitas; Introduction; Date, Place, Authorship, Genre; Summary of the Story; Felicitas in Labor; Martyrdom as Salvation; Salvation Guaranteed; Defeating the Devil; The Blood of the Martyrs: Sacrifice and Seed; Constructions of Gender and Class; Matron, Mother, Martyr; Perpetua and Her Father; Perpetua's Transgender Performances; Agonistic Masculinity; Transforming a Matron, Fixing a Slave; Female Bodies in the Arena.
- Salvation and Childbearing in the Martyrdom of Perpetua and FelicitasMartyrdom or Motherhood?; God's Transgender Performances; Conclusion; Conclusion; Introduction; Salvation and Childbearing; Intersections of Gender and Class; Masculinity and Gender Models; Exemplary Women; Women, Eve, Sex; Birthing Salvation; Bibliography; Index of Ancient Sources; Index of Subjects and Names.