Abandoned to lust [electronic resource] : sexual slander and ancient Christianity / Jennifer Wright Knust.
Material type: TextSeries: Gender, theory, and religionPublication details: New York : Columbia University Press, c2006Description: xviii, 279 pISBN: 0231510047 (electronic bk.); 9780231510042 (electronic bk.)Subject(s): Sex -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600 | Libel and slander -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History | Sex -- Rome | Libel and slander -- RomeGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 241/.66 LOC classification: BR195.S48 | K58 2006Online resources: Click to ViewBased on the author's thesis (doctoral)--Columbia University, 2001.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [237]-270) and index.
Introduction: Who's on top? : sex talk, power, and resistance -- Sexual slander and ancient invective -- Paul, the slaves of desire, the the saints of God -- Sexual vice and Christian Apologia -- The false teachers of the end time -- Illicit sex, wicked desire, and the demonized heretic.
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries.
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