The Making of Fornication

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Publisher : Univ of California Press
ISBN 13 : 0520296176
Total Pages : 380 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (22 download)

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Book Synopsis The Making of Fornication by : Kathy L. Gaca

Download or read book The Making of Fornication written by Kathy L. Gaca and published by Univ of California Press. This book was released on 2017-10-26 with total page 380 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This provocative work provides a radical reassessment of the emergence and nature of Christian sexual morality, the dominant moral paradigm in Western society since late antiquity. While many scholars, including Michel Foucault, have found the basis of early Christian sexual restrictions in Greek ethics and political philosophy, Kathy L. Gaca demonstrates on compelling new grounds that it is misguided to regard Greek ethics and political theory—with their proposed reforms of eroticism, the family, and civic order—as the foundation of Christian sexual austerity. Rather, in this thoroughly informed and wide-ranging study, Gaca shows that early Christian goals to eradicate fornication were derived from the sexual rules and poetic norms of the Septuagint, or Greek Bible, and that early Christian writers adapted these rules and norms in ways that reveal fascinating insights into the distinctive and largely non-philosophical character of Christian sexual morality. Writing with an authoritative command of both Greek philosophy and early Christian writings, Gaca investigates Plato, the Stoics, the Pythagoreans, Philo of Alexandria, the apostle Paul, and the patristic Christians Clement of Alexandria, Tatian, and Epiphanes, freshly elucidating their ideas on sexual reform with precision, depth, and originality. Early Christian writers, she demonstrates, transformed all that they borrowed from Greek ethics and political philosophy to launch innovative programs against fornication that were inimical to Greek cultural mores, popular and philosophical alike. The Septuagint's mandate to worship the Lord alone among all gods led to a Christian program to revolutionize Gentile sexual practices, only for early Christians to find this virtually impossible to carry out without going to extremes of sexual renunciation. Knowledgeable and wide-ranging, this work of intellectual history and ethics cogently demonstrates why early Christian sexual restrictions took such repressive ascetic forms, and casts sobering light on what Christian sexual morality has meant for religious pluralism in Western culture, especially among women as its bearers.

Freedom From The Sin of Adultery And Fornication

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Publisher : ZTF Books Online
ISBN 13 : 1310974306
Total Pages : 175 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (19 download)

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Book Synopsis Freedom From The Sin of Adultery And Fornication by : Zacharias Tanee Fomum

Download or read book Freedom From The Sin of Adultery And Fornication written by Zacharias Tanee Fomum and published by ZTF Books Online. This book was released on 2016-06-15 with total page 175 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Although the fourteen books in this series are complementary and help the reader to have a more complete view of the theme, each book is complete in its own right and should be read for the profit of it. Although the books are rooted in the Word of God, they are written, not merely to help readers to know God’s point of view on the issues discussed, but also to lead the believer beyond theoretical understanding into spiritual experience; for sanctification is ultimately not merely a doctrine but an experience. My prayer for you is that, the One who “chose us in him before the foundation of the world, that we should be holy and blameless before him” (Ephesians 1:4), should work mightily in you as you read, working in you and through you, so that you may enter into and make progress in the life of sanctification. May the Lord bless you exceedingly!

Making All Things New

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Publisher : Crossway
ISBN 13 : 1433556170
Total Pages : 105 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (335 download)

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Book Synopsis Making All Things New by : David Powlison

Download or read book Making All Things New written by David Powlison and published by Crossway. This book was released on 2017-08-15 with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sexuality was a part of God's good creation from the beginning. But with sin came a world filled with sexual brokenness. Thankfully, God is always in the business of restoration. This book offers hope for both the sexually immoral and the sexually victimized, pointing us all to the grace of Jesus Christ, who mercifully intervenes each moment in our lifelong journey toward renewal. Author David Powlison casts a vision for the key to deep transformation, better than anything the world has to offer—not just fresh resolve, not just flimsy forgiveness, not just simple formulas, but true, lasting mercy from God, who is making all things new.

Spiritual Dangers

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Publisher : Dag Heward-Mills
ISBN 13 : 1613959230
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (139 download)

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Download or read book Spiritual Dangers written by Dag Heward-Mills and published by Dag Heward-Mills. This book was released on 2014-08 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Christian walks in the midst of many dangers, snares and traps. This book will open your eyes to the many subtle dangers that lie in wait to harm, injure and destroy us. Help yourself, save yourself, and deliver yourself through this powerful book on spiritual dangers!

Regulating Sex in the Roman Empire

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Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 0300231318
Total Pages : 200 pages
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Book Synopsis Regulating Sex in the Roman Empire by : David Wheeler-Reed

Download or read book Regulating Sex in the Roman Empire written by David Wheeler-Reed and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2017-11-28 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A New Testament scholar challenges the belief that American family values are based on “Judeo-Christian” norms by drawing unexpected comparisons between ancient Christian theories and modern discourses Challenging the long-held assumption that American values—be they Christian or secular—are based on “Judeo-Christian” norms, this provocative study compares ancient Christian discourses on marriage and sexuality with contemporary ones, maintaining that modern family values owe more to Roman Imperial beliefs than to the bible. Engaging with Foucault’s ideas, Wheeler-Reed examines how conservative organizations and the Supreme Court have misunderstood Christian beliefs on marriage and the family. Taking on modern cultural debates on marriage and sexuality, with implications for historians, political thinkers, and jurists, this book undermines the conservative ideology of the family, starting from the position that early Christianity, in its emphasis on celibacy and denunciation of marriage, was in opposition to procreation, the ideological norm in the Greco-Roman world.

The Cruelest of All Mothers

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Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
ISBN 13 : 0823267229
Total Pages : 224 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (232 download)

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Book Synopsis The Cruelest of All Mothers by : Mary Dunn

Download or read book The Cruelest of All Mothers written by Mary Dunn and published by Fordham Univ Press. This book was released on 2015-10-01 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1631, Marie Guyart stepped over the threshold of the Ursuline convent in Tours, leaving behind her eleven-year-old son, Claude, against the wishes of her family and her own misgivings. Marie concluded, “God was dearer to me than all that. Leaving him therefore in His hands, I bid adieu to him joyfully.” Claude organized a band of schoolboys to storm the convent, begging for his mother’s return. Eight years later, Marie made her way to Quebec, where over the course of the next thirty-three years she opened the first school for Native American girls, translated catechisms into indigenous languages, and served some eighteen years as superior of the first Ursuline convent in the New World. She would also maintain, over this same period, an extensive and intimate correspondence with the son she had abandoned to serve God. The Cruelest of All Mothers is, fundamentally, an explanation of Marie de l’Incarnation’s decision to abandon Claude for religious life. Complicating Marie’s own explication of the abandonment as a sacrifice carried out in imitation of Christ and in submission to God’s will, the book situates the event against the background of early modern French family life, the marginalization of motherhood in the Christian tradition, and seventeenth-century French Catholic spirituality. Deeply grounded in a set of rich primary sources, The Cruelest of All Mothers offers a rich and complex analysis of the abandonment.

Demons and the Making of the Monk

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Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780674018754
Total Pages : 336 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (187 download)

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Book Synopsis Demons and the Making of the Monk by : David Brakke

Download or read book Demons and the Making of the Monk written by David Brakke and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2006-01-30 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Demons--whether in embodied form or as inward temptation--make vivid appearances in early Christian monastic literature. In this finely written study of demonology and Christian spirituality in fourth- and fifth-century Egypt, David Brakke examines how the conception of the monk as a holy and virtuous being was shaped by the combative encounter with demons. Brakke studies the "making of the monk" from two perspectives. First, he describes the social and religious identities that monastic authors imagined for the demon-fighting monk: the new martyr who fights against the pagan gods, the gnostic who believes he knows both the tricks of the demons and the secrets of God, and the prophet who discerns the hidden presence of Satan even among good Christians. Then he employs recent theoretical ideas about gender and racial stereotyping to interpret accounts of demon encounters, especially those in which demons appear as the Other--as Ethiopians, as women, or as pagan gods. Drawing on biographies of exceptional monks, collections of monastic sayings and stories, letters from ascetic teachers to their disciples, sermons, and community rules, Brakke crafts a compelling picture of the embattled religious celibate. Demons and the Making of the Monk is an insightful and innovative exploration of the development of Christian monasticism.

Jesus as a Teacher and the Making of the New Testament

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 352 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Book Synopsis Jesus as a Teacher and the Making of the New Testament by : Burke Aaron Hinsdale

Download or read book Jesus as a Teacher and the Making of the New Testament written by Burke Aaron Hinsdale and published by . This book was released on 1895 with total page 352 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

From Shame to Sin

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Publisher : Harvard University Press
ISBN 13 : 0674074564
Total Pages : 318 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (74 download)

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Book Synopsis From Shame to Sin by : Kyle Harper

Download or read book From Shame to Sin written by Kyle Harper and published by Harvard University Press. This book was released on 2013-06-01 with total page 318 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The transformation of the Roman world from polytheistic to Christian is one of the most sweeping ideological changes of premodern history. At the center was sex. Kyle Harper examines how Christianity changed the ethics of sexual behavior from shame to sin, and shows how the roots of modern sexuality are grounded in an ancient religious revolution.

The Secret Gospel of Mark Unveiled

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Publisher : Yale University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780300117608
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (176 download)

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Book Synopsis The Secret Gospel of Mark Unveiled by : Peter Jeffery

Download or read book The Secret Gospel of Mark Unveiled written by Peter Jeffery and published by Yale University Press. This book was released on 2007-01-01 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In 1958, Bible scholar Morton Smith announced the discovery of a sensational manuscript-a second-century letter written by St. Clement of Alexandria, who quotes an unknown, longer version of the Gospel of Mark. When Smith published the letter in 1973, he set off a firestorm of controversy that has raged ever since. Is the text authentic, or a hoax? Is Smith’s interpretation correct? Did Jesus really practice magic, or homosexuality? And if the letter is a forgery . . . why? Through close examination of the "discovered” manuscript’s text, Peter Jeffery unravels the answers to the mystery and tells the tragic tale of an estranged Episcopalian priest who forged an ancient gospel and fooled many of the best biblical scholars of his time. Jeffery shows convincingly that Smith’s Secret Gospel is steeped in anachronisms and that its construction was influenced by Oscar Wilde’s Salomé, twentieth-century misunderstandings of early Christian liturgy, and Smith’s personal struggles with Christian sexual morality.

Christianity

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Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351951769
Total Pages : 536 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (519 download)

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Book Synopsis Christianity by : Stephen Hunt

Download or read book Christianity written by Stephen Hunt and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-05-15 with total page 536 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For two millennia Christianity has embraced fairly consistent views of human sexuality. Today, there exist more varied outlooks on the subject. This volume on Christianity in the The Library of Essays on Sexuality and Religion series overviews the contrasting Christian perceptions of sexuality. Part 1 includes a number of previously published articles that are theological in nature and present biblical interpretations of sexuality. Here, several Christian voices are permitted to speak from their varied perspectives, both conservative and liberal. Part 2 features contributions focusing on the Christian tradition of celibacy and asceticism. Part 3 surveys scholarly work emphasising the relationship between sexuality, gender and patriarchy. Part 4 offers academic interpretations of Christian expressions of sexuality through the mediums of worship, ritual and the sacraments. The final part peruses contemporary contestations of conventional Christian views. This is undertaken by presenting articles examining views of gay sexuality, assisted human reproduction and priestly celibacy.

Pagans and Christians in the City

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Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1467451487
Total Pages : 405 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (674 download)

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Book Synopsis Pagans and Christians in the City by : Steven D. Smith

Download or read book Pagans and Christians in the City written by Steven D. Smith and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2018-11-15 with total page 405 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Traditionalist Christians who oppose same-sex marriage and other cultural developments in the United States wonder why they are being forced to bracket their beliefs in order to participate in public life. This situation is not new, says Steven D. Smith: Christians two thousand years ago faced very similar challenges. Picking up poet T. S. Eliot’s World War II–era thesis that the future of the West would be determined by a contest between Christianity and “modern paganism,” Smith argues in this book that today’s culture wars can be seen as a reprise of the basic antagonism that pitted pagans against Christians in the Roman Empire. Smith’s Pagans and Christians in the City looks at that historical conflict and explores how the same competing ideas continue to clash today. All of us, Smith shows, have much to learn by observing how patterns from ancient history are reemerging in today’s most controversial issues.

When Is Adultery Or Fornication Committed?

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Publisher : ZTF Books Online
ISBN 13 : 1311675612
Total Pages : 30 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (116 download)

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Book Synopsis When Is Adultery Or Fornication Committed? by : Zacharias Tanee Fomum

Download or read book When Is Adultery Or Fornication Committed? written by Zacharias Tanee Fomum and published by ZTF Books Online. This book was released on 2016-04-24 with total page 30 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: I never intended to write this tract. It came upon me as a result of my daily meditation, heart-search and communion with God. That day, the 16th of November, 1989 I was meditating from Luke 18:20 where the Lord said to the Jewish ruler, “You know the commandments: Do not commit adultery, Do not kill, Do not steal, Do not bear false witness, Honour your father and mother.” I decided to spend one meditation period of two hours in examining my heart and life before the Lord on each of the commandments that was given by the Lord in the above passage. I will just write out what I wrote in my meditation book that day as adultery. I believe most of it will apply to fornication.

The Purity Principle

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Publisher : Multnomah
ISBN 13 : 0307564363
Total Pages : 98 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (75 download)

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Book Synopsis The Purity Principle by : Randy Alcorn

Download or read book The Purity Principle written by Randy Alcorn and published by Multnomah. This book was released on 2009-02-19 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For thirty years Randy Alcorn has been encouraging people-young and old-to pursue the rewards of sexual purity. Too often we settle for a compromised Christianity that's just a baptized version of the world's sad existence, rather than the abundant life to which God calls us. This book deals with - raising children to embrace sexual purity - providing an example of purity in the home - protecting purity in dating (at any age) - and maintaining purity in marriage. Biblical, practical, and concise, The Purity Principle is a one-stop handbook for individuals, families and churches. Some people have given up on purity. Some have never tried. Bestselling author Randy Alcorn shows us why, in this culture of impurity, the stakes are so high—and what we can do to experience the freedom of purity. Impurity will always destroy us; purity always leads to higher pleasures! Choose wisely. Let the insights of this amazing book—written for old and young, married and single—help you gain your footing on the path to truly lasting joy.

The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: A-De

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Publisher : SAGE
ISBN 13 : 1412988764
Total Pages : 2713 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (129 download)

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Book Synopsis The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: A-De by : Wilbur R. Miller

Download or read book The Social History of Crime and Punishment in America: A-De written by Wilbur R. Miller and published by SAGE. This book was released on 2012-08-10 with total page 2713 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This comprehensive and authoratative four-volume work surveys the history and philosophy of crime, punishment, and criminal justice institutions in America from colonial times to the present.

The Deepening Darkness

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Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1139475223
Total Pages : 341 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (394 download)

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Book Synopsis The Deepening Darkness by : Carol Gilligan

Download or read book The Deepening Darkness written by Carol Gilligan and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2008-11-10 with total page 341 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Why is America again unjustly at war? Why is its politics distorted by wedge issues like abortion and gay marriage? Why is anti-Semitism still so powerfully resurgent? Such contradictions within democracies arise from a patriarchal psychology still alive in our personal and political lives in tension with the equal voice that is the basis of democracy. This book joins a psychological approach with a political-theoretical one that traces both this psychology (based on loss in intimate life) and resistance to it (based on the love of equals) to the Roman Republic and Empire and to three Latin masterpieces: Virgil's Aeneid, Apuleius's The Golden Ass, and Augustine's Confessions. In addition, this book explains many other aspects of our present situation including why movements of ethical resistance are often accompanied by a freeing of sexuality and why we are witnessing an aggressive fundamentalism at home and abroad.

Trials for Adultery, Or, The History of Divorces

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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 412 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (117 download)

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