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The Body and Society: Men, Women, and Sexual Renunication in Early Christianity

Peter Brown

Looks at the development of celibacy in the Christian Church from the first to fifth centuries A.D., and compares marriage and sexuality in the Roman, Judaic, and early Christian worlds

ReligionReligion · high confidenceReligion81 signalsLlm Classifier: Religion -> ReligionGoogle Books: Religion -> ReligionKeyword Classifier: Gender & Sexuality -> Gender & SexualityLGBTQ History & LifeGender & FeminismMedicine, Health & the BodyPublic Health Systems

Award History

1 wins · 1 total

AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Phi Beta Kappa Book Awards: Ralph Waldo Emerson Award1989WinnerOfficial source
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  3. 03 Suggested argument

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