Körper und christliche Lebensweise : Clemens von Alexandreia und sein Paidagogos
Pujiula, Martin
Körper und christliche Lebensweise : Clemens von Alexandreia und sein Paidagogos - Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2012 - 1 electronic resource (420 p.)
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The authorexamines the historical context of instructions for the everyday conduct of prosperous Christians and the authors of these instruction manuals from 200 AD and links this examination with a study of attitudes towardsthe human body as revealed in the instructions. The volume shows how, far from denying the body, the standards relating to health display a legitimate concern for bodily well-being. At the same time, however, there is a fear of the body, which makes it necessary to keep it constantly under control. Key Features it makes a contribution to the intensive research at present being conducted into the "Second Sophistic" it combines historical, philological, and theological methods and insights it is also of relevance for the history of medicine.
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German
9783110891621 9783110891621 9783110189209
10.1515/9783110891621 doi
Literary studies: classical, early & medieval
The Early Church
Antiquity Early Christianity Everyday life
Körper und christliche Lebensweise : Clemens von Alexandreia und sein Paidagogos - Berlin/Boston De Gruyter 2012 - 1 electronic resource (420 p.)
Open Access
The authorexamines the historical context of instructions for the everyday conduct of prosperous Christians and the authors of these instruction manuals from 200 AD and links this examination with a study of attitudes towardsthe human body as revealed in the instructions. The volume shows how, far from denying the body, the standards relating to health display a legitimate concern for bodily well-being. At the same time, however, there is a fear of the body, which makes it necessary to keep it constantly under control. Key Features it makes a contribution to the intensive research at present being conducted into the "Second Sophistic" it combines historical, philological, and theological methods and insights it is also of relevance for the history of medicine.
Creative Commons
German
9783110891621 9783110891621 9783110189209
10.1515/9783110891621 doi
Literary studies: classical, early & medieval
The Early Church
Antiquity Early Christianity Everyday life