Die Keuschheit der Engel

Sexuelle Entsagung, Askese und Körperlichkeit im frühen Christentum

Auteurs

• Peter Brown
• Martin Pfeiffer

Séries

• Columbia Classics in Religion

Paramètres

• 604 pages
• 22 heures de lecture

• Esotérisme et religion
• Histoire
• Nonfiction
• Sciences sociales
• Thème historique

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Addresses the practice of permanent sexual renunciation that developed in Christian circles from the first to the fifth centuries AD. This book describes the early Christians and their preoccupations. It follows the reflection and controversy these notions generated among Christian writers. It is intended for classicists and medievalists.

Achat du livre

• Année de publication: 1994
• Reliure: (rigide)