Reconstructing celibacy : sexual renunciation in the first three centuries of the early church

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dc.contributor.authorCarroll, Jason Scot
dc.contributor.authorUniversity of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science
dc.contributor.supervisorRobinson, Thomas A. (Thomas Arthur)
dc.date.accessioned2007-11-29T16:31:08Z
dc.date.available2007-11-29T16:31:08Z
dc.date.issued2007
dc.degree.levelMasters
dc.descriptionvi, 267 leaves ; 29 cm.en
dc.description.abstractThis thesis explores the philosophical and theological motivations for early Christian celibacy prior to the appearance of monasticism. This thesis will challenge recent scholarly positions that portray early Christian celibacy only in light of the emergence of monasticism in the fourth century, and which argue that celibacy as an ascetic practice was motivated primarily by resistance to the dominant social structures of antiquity. The practice of celibacy was a significant movement in the early church well before the appearance of monasticism or the development of Christianity as the dominant social force in the empire, and although early Christian sexual austerity was similar to the sexual ethics of Greco-Roman philosophical constructs, early Christian sexual ethics had developed in relation to uniquely Christian theological and cosmological views. Moreover, a segment of the early Christian community idealized celibacy as an expression of the transformation of human nature amidst a community that continued to remain sexually austere in general.en
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10133/534
dc.language.isoen_USen
dc.publisherLethbridge, Alta. : University of Lethbridge, Faculty of Arts and Science, 2007en
dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Religious Studiesen
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Arts and Scienceen
dc.relation.ispartofseriesThesis (University of Lethbridge. Faculty of Arts and Science)en
dc.subjectDissertations, Academicen
dc.subjectCelibacy -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600en
dc.subjectAsceticism -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600en
dc.subjectSex -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600en
dc.subjectVirginity -- Religious aspects -- Christianity -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600en
dc.titleReconstructing celibacy : sexual renunciation in the first three centuries of the early churchen
dc.typeThesisen
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