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28 produkter
Toward a Theology of Eros
Transfiguring Passion at the Limits of Discipline
Av Virginia Burrus, Catherine Keller
Inbunden, 2007
1239 kr
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What does theology have to say about the place of eroticism in the salvific transformation of men and women, even of the cosmos itself? How, in turn, does eros infuse theological practice and transfigure doctrinal tropes? Avoiding the well-worn path of sexual moralizing while also departing …
The Life of Saint Helia
Critical Edition, Translation, Introduction, and Commentary
Av Virginia Burrus, Marco Conti
Häftad, 2015
855 kr
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The Life of Saint Helia, a late ancient Latin hagiography of uncertain provenance, is a remarkable and virtually unknown text, of which a critical edition and English translation appear here for the first time, accompanied by an introduction and commentary. Written predominately in dialogue format, …
The Lives of Saint Constantina
Introduction, Translations, and Commentaries
Av Marco Conti, Marco Conti m. fl.
Inbunden, 2020
2678 kr
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Constantina, daughter of the fourth-century emperor Constantine who so famously converted to Christianity, deserves a place of her own in the history of Christianity. As both poet and church-builder, she was an early patron of the Roman cult of the virgin martyr Agnes and was buried ad sanctam in a …
The Life of Saint Helia
Critical Edition, Translation, Introduction, and Commentary
Av Virginia Burrus, Marco Conti
Inbunden, 2013
2492 kr
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The Life of Saint Helia, a late ancient Latin hagiography of uncertain provenance, is a remarkable and virtually unknown text, of which a critical edition and English translation appear here for the first time, accompanied by an introduction and commentary. Written predominately in dialogue format, …
Earthquakes and Gardens
Saint Hilarion’s Cyprus
Inbunden, 2023
857 kr
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Essays about ruination, resilience, reading, and religion generated by a reflection on a fourth-century hagiography. In Jerome’s Life of Saint Hilarion, a fourth-century saint briefly encounters the ruins of an earthquake-toppled city and a haunted garden in Cyprus. From these two fragmentary …
Earthquakes and Gardens
Saint Hilarion’s Cyprus
E-bok, 2023
457 kr
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Essays about ruination, resilience, reading, and religion generated by a reflection on a fourth-century hagiography. In Jerome’s Life of Saint Hilarion , a fourth-century saint briefly encounters the ruins of an earthquake-toppled city and a haunted garden in Cyprus. From these two fragmentary …
Earthquakes and Gardens
Saint Hilarion’s Cyprus
Häftad, 2023
243 kr
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Essays about ruination, resilience, reading, and religion generated by a reflection on a fourth-century hagiography. In Jerome’s Life of Saint Hilarion, a fourth-century saint briefly encounters the ruins of an earthquake-toppled city and a haunted garden in Cyprus. From these two fragmentary …
Making of a Heretic
Gender, Authority, and the Priscillianist Controversy
Häftad, 2018
500 kr
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Silenced for 1,600 years, the "heretics" speak for themselves in this account of the Priscillianist controversy that began in fourth-century Spain. In a close examination of rediscovered texts, Virginia Burrus provides an unusual opportunity to explore heresy from the point of view of the followers …
Making of a Heretic
Gender, Authority, and the Priscillianist Controversy
E-bok, 2024
339 kr
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Silenced for 1,600 years, the "heretics" speak for themselves in this account of the Priscillianist controversy that began in fourth-century Spain. In a close examination of rediscovered texts, Virginia Burrus provides an unusual opportunity to explore heresy from the point of view of the followers …
Making of a Heretic
Gender, Authority, and the Priscillianist Controversy
Inbunden, 2024
1537 kr
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Silenced for 1,600 years, the "heretics" speak for themselves in this account of the Priscillianist controversy that began in fourth-century Spain. In a close examination of rediscovered texts, Virginia Burrus provides an unusual opportunity to explore heresy from the point of view of the followers …
'Begotten, not Made'
Conceiving Manhood in Late Antiquity
Inbunden, 2000
1363 kr
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This book interprets fourth-century theological discourse as an incident in the history of masculine gender, arguing that Nicene trinitarian doctrine is a crucial site not only for theological innovation but also for reimagining and reproducing manhood in the late Roman period. When the Trinity …
'Begotten, not Made'
Conceiving Manhood in Late Antiquity
Häftad, 2000
371 kr
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This book interprets fourth-century theological discourse as an incident in the history of masculine gender, arguing that Nicene trinitarian doctrine is a crucial site not only for theological innovation but also for reimagining and reproducing manhood in the late Roman period. When the Trinity …
Sex Lives of Saints
An Erotics of Ancient Hagiography
E-bok, 2010
427 kr
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Has a repressive morality been the primary contribution of Christianity to the history of sexuality? The ascetic concerns that pervade ancient Christian texts would seem to support such a common assumption. Focusing on hagiographical literature, Virginia Burrus pursues a fresh path of …
Saving Shame
Martyrs, Saints, and Other Abject Subjects
E-bok, 2013
415 kr
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Virginia Burrus explores one of the strongest and most disturbing aspects of the Christian tradition, its excessive preoccupation with shame. While Christianity has frequently been implicated in the conversion of ancient Mediterranean cultures from shame- to guilt-based and, thus, in the emergence …
Sex Lives of Saints
An Erotics of Ancient Hagiography
Häftad, 2007
342 kr
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Has a repressive morality been the primary contribution of Christianity to the history of sexuality? The ascetic concerns that pervade ancient Christian texts would seem to support such a common assumption. Focusing on hagiographical literature, Virginia Burrus pursues a fresh path of …
Saving Shame
Martyrs, Saints, and Other Abject Subjects
Häftad, 2019
329 kr
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Virginia Burrus explores one of the strongest and most disturbing aspects of the Christian tradition, its excessive preoccupation with shame. While Christianity has frequently been implicated in the conversion of ancient Mediterranean cultures from shame- to guilt-based and, thus, in the emergence …
Ancient Christian Ecopoetics
Cosmologies, Saints, Things
Inbunden, 2018
798 kr
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In our age of ecological crisis, what insights-if any-can we expect to find by looking to our past? Perhaps, suggests Virginia Burrus, early Christianity might yield usable insights. Turning aside from the familiar specter of Christianity's human-centered theology of dominion, Burrus directs our …
Ancient Christian Ecopoetics
Cosmologies, Saints, Things
E-bok, 2018
957 kr
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In our age of ecological crisis, what insights-if any-can we expect to find by looking to our past? Perhaps, suggests Virginia Burrus, early Christianity might yield usable insights. Turning aside from the familiar specter of Christianity's human-centered theology of dominion, Burrus directs our …
Toward a Theology of Eros
Transfiguring Passion at the Limits of Discipline
Av Virginia Burrus, Catherine Keller
Häftad, 2007
530 kr
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What does theology have to say about the place of eroticism in the salvific transformation of men and women, even of the cosmos itself? How, in turn, does eros infuse theological practice and transfigure doctrinal tropes? Avoiding the well-worn path of sexual moralizing while also departing …
Seducing Augustine
Bodies, Desires, Confessions
Av Virginia Burrus, Mark D. Jordan m. fl.
Inbunden, 2010
1123 kr
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Augustine's Confessions is a text that seduces. But how often do its readers respond in kind? Here three scholars who share a longstanding fascination with sexuality and Christian discourse attempt to do just that. Where prior interpreters have been inclined either to defend or to criticize …
Seducing Augustine
Bodies, Desires, Confessions
Av Virginia Burrus, Mark D. Jordan m. fl.
Häftad, 2010
473 kr
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Augustine's Confessions is a text that seduces. But how often do its readers respond in kind? Here three scholars who share a longstanding fascination with sexuality and Christian discourse attempt to do just that. Where prior interpreters have been inclined either to defend or to criticize …
Martyrdom as Witness in Late Ancient Christian Literature
Inbunden, 2026
911 kr
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'Witness' is not merely an etymological trace but central to late ancient Christian understandings of martyrdom. Drawing on dual traditions of elite parrhesia, or free speech, and the torture of enslaved witnesses, martyrs testified through their suffering and deaths to their own worthiness, the …
Martyrdom as Witness in Late Ancient Christian Literature
Häftad, 2026
308 kr
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'Witness' is not merely an etymological trace but central to late ancient Christian understandings of martyrdom. Drawing on dual traditions of elite parrhesia, or free speech, and the torture of enslaved witnesses, martyrs testified through their suffering and deaths to their own worthiness, the …
Byzantine Tree Life
Christianity and the Arboreal Imagination
Av Thomas Arentzen, Virginia Burrus m. fl.
Inbunden, 2021
1474 kr
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This book examines the many ways Byzantines lived with their trees. It takes seriously theological and hagiographic tree engagement as expressions of that culture’s deep involvement—and even fascination—with the arboreal. These pages tap into the current attention paid to plants in a wide range of …
Byzantine Tree Life
Christianity and the Arboreal Imagination
Av Glenn Peers, Virginia Burrus m. fl.
E-bok, 2021
1780 kr
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This book examines the many ways Byzantines lived with their trees. It takes seriously theological and hagiographic tree engagement as expressions of that culture’s deep involvement—and even fascination—with the arboreal. These pages tap into the current attention paid to plants in a wide range of …
Byzantine Tree Life
Christianity and the Arboreal Imagination
Av Thomas Arentzen, Virginia Burrus m. fl.
Häftad, 2022
1474 kr
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This book examines the many ways Byzantines lived with their trees. It takes seriously theological and hagiographic tree engagement as expressions of that culture’s deep involvement—and even fascination—with the arboreal. These pages tap into the current attention paid to plants in a wide range of …
