| Description |
1 online resource |
| Series |
Bloomsbury academic collections. Religious studies : religion, sexuality and gender |
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Bloomsbury academic collections. Religious studies : religion, sexuality and gender
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| Contents |
Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgments; Preface; Introduction: A Primer of Political Philosophy; The Scope of this Book; Method and Terms; The Common Good; The Family and the Common Good of Civil Society; The State and the Common Good; Part I: The Foundation; CHAPTER 1 ISRAEL, YAHWEH, AND COVENANTAL CHASTITY; The Basic Provisions of the Covenant; The Manifold Functions of the Decalogue; CHAPTER 2 THE LAW; Pagan Worship, Sexual License, and Child Sacrifice; The More Detailed Commandments; The Jewish Family; Part II: The Structure |
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CHAPTER 3 ISRAEL: CHASTITY IN DEFENSE OF THE NATIONHellenization and Homosexuality; Collaborators and Resistance; Martyrdom and Dogma; The Temple Desecrated; CHAPTER 4 THE ROMAN EMPIRE: CHASTITY IN DEFENSE OF THE BODY POLITIC; The Pagan Ethos; The Pagan Reform; The Christian Ethos; The Christian Reform; CHAPTER 5 THE MIDDLE AGES: CHASTITY IN DEFENSE OF THE BODY; Rebirth of a Second God; The Cathar Mystery; Heresy, Orthodoxy, and Poetry; Reflections; Bibliography; Philosophical Foundations; On the Old Testament, and on the Jewish Family; On the Society of Classical and Christian Antiquity |
| Summary |
"Patrick Riley explores the Judeo-Christian tradition from its origins as well as the struggle of pagan Rome to restore stable families. He shows how marriage came to contain the force of sexuality, to harness its energies both to create and serve the family, and the well being of wider communities. The idea that sex is entirely a private issue is an error Dr. Rilley argues, with potentially disastrous consequences, both for the individual and societies."--Bloomsbury Publishing |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource, title from PDF title page (EBSCO), viewed August 31, 2016 |
| Subject |
Chastity.
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Sex -- Social aspects
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Sex -- Religious aspects -- Judaism -- History
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Sex -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History
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RELIGION -- Sexuality & Gender Studies.
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Chastity
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Sex -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
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Sex -- Religious aspects -- Judaism
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Sex -- Social aspects
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781474287517 |
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1474287514 |
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