The Care of the Self in Early Christian Texts [[electronic resource] /] / by Deborah Niederer Saxon
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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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| Pubblicazione: | Cham : , : Springer International Publishing : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2017 |
| Edizione: | 1st ed. 2017. |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (XV, 213 p. 1 illus.) |
| Disciplina: | 230.041 |
| Soggetto topico: | Bible—Theology |
| Religion—Philosophy | |
| Religion and sociology | |
| Biblical Studies | |
| Philosophy of Religion | |
| Sociology of Religion | |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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. |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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 texts from Nag Hammadi and elsewhere. This insightful analysis has implications for feminist scholarship and exposes the false binary of thinking in terms of “orthodoxy” versus “heresy”/”Gnosticism.”. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | The Care of the Self in Early Christian Texts |
| ISBN: | 3-319-64750-4 |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910255222003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
The Bible and Cultural Studies