Civilizing sex : on chastity and the common good /: on chastity and the common good. (2016)
- Record Type:
- Book
- Title:
- Civilizing sex : on chastity and the common good /: on chastity and the common good. (2016)
- Main Title:
- Civilizing sex : on chastity and the common good
- Further Information:
- Note: Patrick Riley.
- Authors:
- Dr, Riley, Patrick
- 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. 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.
- Publisher Details:
- London : Bloomsbury Academic
- Publication Date:
- 2016
- Extent:
- 1 online resource
- Subjects:
- 241.66
Chastity
Sex -- Social aspects
Sex -- Religious aspects -- Judaism -- History
Sex -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History
RELIGION -- Sexuality & Gender Studies
Chastity
Sex -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
Sex -- Religious aspects -- Judaism
Sex -- Social aspects
Electronic books
History - Languages:
- English
- ISBNs:
- 9781474287517
1474287514 - Related ISBNs:
- 9780567087669
- Notes:
- Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
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