num_pages: 504
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Body and Society: Men, Women and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity
titlecomplete: The Body and Society: Men, Women and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity
genres: History, Sociology, Philosophy, Religion, Sexuality, Theology, Church History, Gender Studies, Nonfiction, Christianity
ratings_count: 376
series: Columbia Classics in Religion
publisher: Columbia University Press