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UNINA9910255222003321 |
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Autore |
Niederer Saxon Deborah |
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Titolo |
The Care of the Self in Early Christian Texts [[electronic resource] /] / by Deborah Niederer Saxon |
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Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 |
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[1st ed. 2017.] |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (XV, 213 p. 1 illus.) |
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The Bible and Cultural Studies |
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Soggetti |
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Bible—Theology |
Religion—Philosophy |
Religion and sociology |
Biblical Studies |
Philosophy of Religion |
Sociology of Religion |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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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 Parrhēsia and Concluding Remarks. |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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This book presents the first three Christian centuries through the lens of what Foucault called “the care of the self.” This lens reveals a rich variation among early Christ movements by illuminating their practices instead of focusing on what we anachronistically assume to have been their beliefs. A deep analysis of the discourse of martyrdom demonstrates how writers like Clement, Ignatius, and Polycarp represented as self-care. Deborah Niederer Saxon brings to light an entire spectrum of alternative views represented in newly-discovered |
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