Civilizing sex : on chastity and the common good /: on chastity and the common good. (2016)

• Record Type: Book
• 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.; Note: Online resource, title from PDF title page (EBSCO), viewed August 31, 2016.
• Access Rights: Legal Deposit; Only available on premises controlled by the deposit library and to one user at any one time; The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK).
• Access Usage: Restricted: Printing from this resource is governed by The Legal Deposit Libraries (Non-Print Works) Regulations (UK) and UK copyright law currently in force.