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Early Christians used charges of adultery, incest, and lascivious behavior to demonize their opponents, police insiders, resist pagan rulers, and define what it meant to be a Christian. Christians frequently claimed that they, and they alone were sexually virtuous, comparing themselves to those marked as outsiders, especially non-believers and "heretics," who were said to be controlled by lust and unable to rein in their carnal desires. True or not, these charges allowed Christians to present themselves as different from and morally superior to those around them. Through careful, innovative readings, Jennifer Knust explores the writings of Paul, Justin Martyr, Irenaeus of Lyons, and other early Christian authors who argued that Christ alone made self-mastery possible. Rejection of Christ led to both immoral sexual behavior and, ultimately, alienation and punishment from God. Knust considers how Christian writers participated in a long tradition of rhetorical invective, a rhetoric that was often employed to defend status and difference. Christians borrowed, deployed, and reconfigured classical rhetorical techniques, turning them against their rulers to undercut their moral and political authority. Knust also examines the use of accusations of licentiousness in conflicts between rival groups of Christians. Portraying rival sects as depraved allowed accusers to claim their own group as representative of "true Christianity." Knust's book also reveals the ways in which sexual slurs and their use in early Christian writings reflected cultural and gendered assumptions about what constituted purity, morality, and truth. In doing so, Abandoned to Lust highlights the complex interrelationships between sex, gender, and sexuality within the classical, biblical, and early-Christian traditions.

Libel and slander - Religious aspects - Christianity - History. --- Sex - Religious aspects - Christianity - History of doctrines - Early church, ca. 30-600. --- Sex - Rome. --- Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- Christianity --- Libel and slander --- Sex --- Religious aspects --- History. --- History of doctrines --- 241.64 --- 27 "00/05" --- 392.6 <09> --- -Libel and slander --- Calumny --- Defamation --- Slander --- Torts --- Gender (Sex) --- Human beings --- Human sexuality --- Sex (Gender) --- Sexual behavior --- Sexual practices --- Sexuality --- Sexology --- Theologische ethiek: seksuele ethiek --- Kerkgeschiedenis--?"00/05" --- Seksualiteit. Seksueel leven. Concubinaat. Samenwonen. Prostitutie. Erotiek. Seksuele gebruiken. Liefdeskunst--Geschiedenis van ... --- -Christianity --- -History of doctrines --- -Rome. --- Rome --- Rome. --- Law and legislation --- 392.6 <09> Seksualiteit. Seksueel leven. Concubinaat. Samenwonen. Prostitutie. Erotiek. Seksuele gebruiken. Liefdeskunst--Geschiedenis van ... --- 241.64 Theologische ethiek: seksuele ethiek --- Religious aspects&delete& --- Christianity&delete& --- History --- Seksualiteit. Seksueel leven. Concubinaat. Samenwonen. Prostitutie. Erotiek. Seksuele gebruiken. Liefdeskunst--Geschiedenis van .. --- Seksualiteit. Seksueel leven. Concubinaat. Samenwonen. Prostitutie. Erotiek. Seksuele gebruiken. Liefdeskunst--Geschiedenis van . --- Seksualiteit. Seksueel leven. Concubinaat. Samenwonen. Prostitutie. Erotiek. Seksuele gebruiken. Liefdeskunst--Geschiedenis van

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Ritual Matters interrupts the anachronistic binaries of religious practice and belief, the material and the theological, by taking a new approach to the study of archaeological remains of ancient religions. Focusing on the materiality of ritual-inherent in everything from monumental temples and altars, to votive offerings and codices, to sanctioned inscriptions and reliefs-allows for a novel vantage point from which to consider ancient religious practices, as well as an important counterbalance to more traditional conceptual perspectives often privileged in the field. Material remains of religious practices may reveal striking local continuity, but they also highlight points of change, as distinct moments of manufacture and use transformed both sites and objects. Yet not every religious practice leaves a trace: the embodied use of imperial statuary, the rationale for the design of particular sacred books or the ephemeral "magical" implements designed by local religious experts leave few traces, if any, and are therefore less amenable to material investigation. What does remain, however, challenges any neat association between representation and reality or literary claim and practical application. This volume, which features work by internationally renowned scholars of ancient religions and archaeology, represents a significant contribution to the material approach of studying the ancient Mediterranean's diverse religious practices.

Ritual --- Material culture --- Rituel --- Culture matérielle --- Religious aspects. --- Aspect religieux --- Rome --- Greece --- Grèce --- Religion. --- Antiquities. --- Religion --- Antiquités --- Culture matérielle --- Grèce --- Antiquités --- Religious architecture --- Architecture religieuse --- 292.2 --- 292.2 Godsdiensten van de Romeinen --- Godsdiensten van de Romeinen --- Antike. --- Architektur. --- Funde. --- Materialität. --- Ritual. --- Greece. --- Griechenland. --- Rom. --- Rome (Empire). --- Antiquités.

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Ritual --- Material culture --- Religious aspects. --- Rome --- Greece --- Religion. --- Antiquities.

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