03147nam 22004815u 450 991084680120332120240426193916.01-80207-375-210.3828/9781835530023(CKB)5710000000219325(Liverpool University Press)10.3828/9781835530023(MiAaPQ)EBC30750078(Au-PeEL)EBL30750078(EXLCZ)99571000000021932520231205c2024uuuu -u- -engurnn#008mam|atxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierDesire and Disunity Christian Communities and Sexual Norms in the Late Antique West1st ed.Liverpool University Press20241 online resource (256 p.;)Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Belief and Culture Series1-83553-002-8 An Open Access edition will be available on publication thanks to the kind sponsorship of the libraries participating in the Jisc Open Access Community Framework OpenUP initiative.Desire and Disunity explores the struggles of Christianising late ancient sexuality in the late Roman West. Through an examination of fourth to sixth century sermons, letters, laws, and treatises in Latin-speaking communities, the difficulties of late antique clerics in moving ascetically influenced sexual ideals into wider practice become evident. Western clerics faced challenges on several fronts: the dedication and devoutness of lay Christians varied, while the military-political upheavals of the fifth century created new challenges and opportunities for influencing one's flock. Furthermore, Roman sexual norms continued to inform the thinking of many clerics and lay figures alike, even when in opposition to more scripturally based moral reasoning. Problems of bigamy, concubinage, sex work, incest, homosexual acts, adultery, and more troubled western Christian communities, with contradicting rules and traditions on what was acceptable and what was not. What reach did elite clerical perspectives on sexual norms have amongst the non-elite? How did clerics navigate tensions between the idealisation of Christian communal purity and the actions of congregants that fell short of these ideals? What influenced clerical perceptions of sex and how did they articulate these ideas to their audiences? Clerical sources of this time reflect these challenges as well as varying church attempts to reform the sex lives of their congregants - and, indeed, church failure in doing so.Studies in Medieval and Early Modern Belief and Culture SeriesChristian Communities and Sexual Norms in the Late Antique WestChristian Churchlate antiquityRoman Christianssexual ethicsmoralitySalvianVihervalli Ulriika1735143MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910846801203321Desire and Disunity4156054UNINA01044nam0 22002771i 450 UON0028329320231205103846.83120061107d1932 |0itac50 bagerDE|||| 1||||GoetheHouston Stewart Chamberlainungekürzte Volksausgabe zum Goethe-Jahr 1932MünchenF. Bruckmann AG.1932800 p.23 cm.Goethe Johann Wolfgang VonUONC061101FIDEMünchenUONL003025830.09Letteratura tedesca. Storia, descrizione, studi critici21CHAMBERLAINHouston S.UONV163814692957Bruckmann AG.UONV272432650ITSOL20250613RICASIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEOUONSIUON00283293SIBA - SISTEMA BIBLIOTECARIO DI ATENEOSI TED 22 II GOE CHA SI ST 6170 7 Goethe1244760UNIOR