The Body and Society: Men, Women, and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity by Peter Brown

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

Peter Brown

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nonfiction history religion sociology informative slow-paced
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First published in 1988, Peter Brown's The Body and Society was a groundbreaking study of the marriage and sexual practices of early Christians in the ancient Mediterranean and Near East. Brown focuses on the practice of permanent sexual renunciat...

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