Constructing Early Christian Families : Family as Social Reality and Metaphor
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Format
Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0415146380
ISBN-13
9780415146388
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Imprint
Routledge
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 24th, 1997
Print length
288 Pages
Weight
386 grams
Product Classification:
European historyAncient history: to c 500 CEChristianitySociology: family & relationships
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Constructing Early Christian Families explores the complex picture of family relations and the manifold attitudes to the family in the early Christian world.
The family is a topical issue for studies of the Ancient world. Family, household and kinship have different connotations in antiquity from their modern ones. This volume expands that discussion to investigate the early Christian family structures within the larger Graeco-Roman context.
Particular emphasis is given to how family metaphors, such as ''brotherhood'' function to describe relations in early Christian communities. Asceticism and the rejection of sexuality are considered in the context of Christian constructions of the family. Moxnes'' volume presents a comprehensive and timely addition to the study of familial and social structures in the Early Christian world, which will certainly stimulate further debate.
Particular emphasis is given to how family metaphors, such as ''brotherhood'' function to describe relations in early Christian communities. Asceticism and the rejection of sexuality are considered in the context of Christian constructions of the family. Moxnes'' volume presents a comprehensive and timely addition to the study of familial and social structures in the Early Christian world, which will certainly stimulate further debate.
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