Abandoned to lust

Knust, Jennifer Wright, 1966-

Abandoned to lust sexual slander and ancient Christianity / [electronic resource] : Jennifer Wright Knust. - New York : Columbia University Press, c2006. - xviii. 279 p. ; 24 cm. - Gender, theory, and religion. . - Gender, theory, and religion. .

Based on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Columbia University, 2001.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-270) and index.

Introduction: Who's on top? : sex talk, power, and resistance -- Sexual slander and ancient invective -- Paul, the slaves of desire, the the saints of God -- Sexual vice and Christian Apologia -- The false teachers of the end time -- Illicit sex, wicked desire, and the demonized heretic.


Available electronically via the Internet.

0231136625 (alk. paper) 0231510047 (ebook)


Sex--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.
Libel and slander--Religious aspects--Christianity--History.
Sex--Rome.
Libel and slander--Rome.

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