LEADER 04043nam 2200649Ia 450 001 9910462852103321 005 20211028023235.0 010 $a0-674-07458-0 010 $a0-674-07456-4 024 7 $a10.4159/harvard.9780674074569 035 $a(CKB)2670000000367945 035 $a(EBL)3301301 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000886102 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11525238 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000886102 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10816346 035 $a(PQKB)11539676 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC3301301 035 $a(DE-B1597)210461 035 $a(OCoLC)843882926 035 $a(OCoLC)979742840 035 $a(DE-B1597)9780674074569 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL3301301 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10713628 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000367945 100 $a20111102d2013 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurnn#---|u||u 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aFrom shame to sin$b[electronic resource] $ethe Christian transformation of sexual morality in late antiquity /$fKyle Harper 210 $aCambridge ;$aLondon $cHarvard University Press$d2013 215 $a1 online resource (296 p.) 225 0 $aRevealing Antiquity ;$v20 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 0 $a0-674-07277-4 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index. 327 $tFront matter --$tContents --$tPreface --$tIntroduction: From City to Cosmos --$tCHAPTER ONE: The Moralities of Sex in the Roman Empire --$tCHAPTER TWO: The Will and the World in Early Christian Sexuality --$tCHAPTER THREE: Church, Society, and Sex in the Age of Triumph --$tCHAPTER FOUR: Revolutionizing Romance in the Late Classical World --$tCONCLUSION: Sex and the Twilight of Antiquity --$tAbbreviations --$tNotes --$tAcknowledgments --$tIndex --$tBackmatter 330 $aWhen Rome was at its height, an emperor's male beloved, victim of an untimely death, would be worshipped around the empire as a god. In this same society, the routine sexual exploitation of poor and enslaved women was abetted by public institutions. Four centuries later, a Roman emperor commanded the mutilation of men caught in same-sex affairs, even as he affirmed the moral dignity of women without any civic claim to honor. The gradual transformation of the Roman world from polytheistic to Christian marks one of the most sweeping ideological changes of premodern history. At the center of it all was sex. Exploring sources in literature, philosophy, and art, Kyle Harper examines the rise of Christianity as a turning point in the history of sexuality and helps us see how the roots of modern sexuality are grounded in an ancient religious revolution. While Roman sexual culture was frankly and freely erotic, it was not completely unmoored from constraint. Offending against sexual morality was cause for shame, experienced through social condemnation. The rise of Christianity fundamentally changed the ethics of sexual behavior. In matters of morality, divine judgment transcended that of mere mortals, and shame-a social concept-gave way to the theological notion of sin. This transformed understanding led to Christianity's explicit prohibitions of homosexuality, extramarital love, and prostitution. Most profound, however, was the emergence of the idea of free will in Christian dogma, which made all human action, including sexual behavior, accountable to the spiritual, not the physical, world. 410 0$aRevealing Antiquity 606 $aSex$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aSexual ethics$xHistory$yTo 1500 606 $aSex$xReligious aspects$xChristianity 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aSex$xHistory 615 0$aSexual ethics$xHistory 615 0$aSex$xReligious aspects$xChristianity. 676 $a306.7 700 $aHarper$b Kyle$f1979-$0765172 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910462852103321 996 $aFrom shame to sin$92353891 997 $aUNINA