Abandoned to Lust: Sexual Slander and Ancient Christianity by Jennifer Knust

Gender, Theory, and Religion

Abandoned to Lust: Sexual Slander and Ancient Christianity

Jennifer Knust

279 pages • hardcover

1 edition

nonfiction history religion reflective slow-paced
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Early Christians used charges of adultery, incest, and lascivious behavior to demonize their opponents, police insiders, resist pagan rulers, and define what it meant to be a Christian. Christians frequently claimed that they, and they alone were ...

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