Die Keuschheit der Engel

Sexuelle Entsagung, Askese und Körperlichkeit im frühen Christentum

Autori

• Peter Brown
• Martin Pfeiffer

Serie

• Columbia Classics in Religion

Parametri

• 604 pagine
• 22 ore di lettura

• Esoterismo e religione
• Saggistica
• Scienze sociali
• Storia
• Tema stórico

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Addresses the practice of permanent sexual renunciation that developed in Christian circles from the first to the fifth centuries AD. This book describes the early Christians and their preoccupations. It follows the reflection and controversy these notions generated among Christian writers. It is intended for classicists and medievalists.

Lingua: Tedesco

Pubblicato: 1994

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