The Sex Lives of Saints: An Erotics of Ancient Hagiography by Virginia Burrus

The Sex Lives of Saints: An Erotics of Ancient Hagiography

Divinations: Rereading Late Ancient Religion

Virginia Burrus

224 pages first pub 2003 (editions)

nonfiction history religion challenging informative reflective slow-paced
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Has a repressive morality been the primary contribution of Christianity to the history of sexuality? The ascetic concerns that pervade ancient Christian texts would seem to support such a common assumption. Focusing on hagiographical literature, V...

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