The Making of Fornication : Eros, Ethics, and Political Reform in Greek Philosophy and Early Christianity /

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This work provides a reassessment of the emergence and nature of Christian sexual morality, the dominant moral paradigm in Western society since late antiquity. It shows that early Christian goals to eradicate fornication were derived from the sexual rules and poetic norms of the Greek bible.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Gaca, Kathy L.
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2003.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Oudheid.
Buitenechtelijke relaties.
Seksuele ethiek.
Sexualethik
Philosophie
Frühchristentum
Sexual ethics.
Sex > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines.
Philosophy, Ancient > Influence.
RELIGION > Antiquities & Archaeology.
RELIGION > Christian Theology > Ethics.
08.21 Ancient philosophy.
15.51 Antiquity.
Morale sexuelle > Histoire.
Philosophie ancienne > Influence.
Sexualite > Aspect religieux > Christianisme > Histoire des doctrines.
Sexual ethics > History.
Griechenland > Altertum
History.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Description
Summary:This work provides a reassessment of the emergence and nature of Christian sexual morality, the dominant moral paradigm in Western society since late antiquity. It shows that early Christian goals to eradicate fornication were derived from the sexual rules and poetic norms of the Greek bible.
Physical Description:1 online resource (376 pages).
ISBN:9780520929463

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