Deborah Niederer Saxon

The Care of the Self in Early Christian Texts (eBook, PDF)

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Produktbeschreibung

Reframes Christian history and provides an alternative for an inclusive 21^st century Christianity Advocates for understanding the early groups of Christ followers as differing in their attitudes regarding practices rather than as engaged in differences regarding doctrine Utilizes Foucault's later work on the care of the self and articulates how important this concept was in the Greco-Roman culture of the first three centuries

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Springer International Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 213
• Erscheinungstermin: 5. Oktober 2017
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9783319647500
• Artikelnr.: 53058446

Autorenporträt

Deborah Niederer Saxon teaches at Butler University, USA. She researches newly-discovered Christian texts, women's voices and the inclusive perspectives they reveal, and the intersection of gender and religion. She serves on the board of Christian Feminism Today, as the Tanho Center Vice Chair, and is a Westar Fellow/Board Member.

Inhaltsangabe

1. Introduction.- 2. The Importance of the Care of the Self in the History of Early Christ Movements.- 3. Martyrdom Represented as Care of the Self in the Texts of Clement, Ignatius and Polycarp.- 4. Competing Visions of the Care of the Self in the Apocalypse of Peter, the Testimony of Truth, Fragments of Basilides and Valentinus, and the Gospel of Judas.- 5. Complementary Representations of the Care of the Self in the Gospel of Mary and the Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicity.- 6. The Two Poles of Parrh sia and Concluding Remarks.