{"product_id":"church-fathers-independent-virgins-paperback","title":"Church Fathers, Independent Virgins - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJoyce E. Salisbury\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis startling study of early Christian attitudes toward sexuality begins with an account of the different stances adopted by the Church--from the Early Fathers' view that sex and the female body were irredeemably unholy, to Augustine's contention that sex was natural, but lust was evil. While the Church Fathers struggled to reach consistent theoretical conclusions, the underlying conflation of 'women' with 'sex' meant that patristic statements on chastity, virginity and marriage effectively read as ecclesiastical law governing women's conduct. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eJoyce Salisbury explains the relationship between Church doctrine and the position of women by placing these official views alongside an ascetic tradition which resisted the constraints imposed by sexual intercourse. Through an examination of texts of female and popular authorship, and the extraordinary lives of seven women saints--including the transvestites Castissima and Pelagia--she presents a markedly different picture of sexual and social roles. For many of these women, celibacy became a form of emancipation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eChurch Fathers, Independent Virgins\u003c\/i\u003e bears witness to the entrenched power of the Church to oppress, the continuing power of women to overcome, and the enduring effects of medieval sexual attitudes.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eJoyce E. Salisbury\u003c\/b\u003e is professor of History at the University of Wisconsin-Green Bay, and the author of \u003ci\u003eIberian Popular, 600 B.C. to 700 A.D. \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eMedieval Sexuality: A Research Guide. \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 176\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9.22 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e November 17, 1992\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45439719014479,"sku":"9780860915966","price":29.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0677\/3083\/3487\/files\/5qEy8A-Ef_9780860915966.webp?v=1780404932","url":"https:\/\/lumaryon.com\/products\/church-fathers-independent-virgins-paperback","provider":"Lumaryon Universal","version":"1.0","type":"link"}