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Agape, Eros, Gender : Towards a Pauline Sexual Ethic.
Title:
Agape, Eros, Gender : Towards a Pauline Sexual Ethic.
Author:
Watson, Francis.
ISBN:
9780511154331
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Physical Description:
1 online resource (280 pages)
Contents:
Cover -- Half-title -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Preface -- PART I Velamen: 1 Corinthians 11 -- CHAPTER ONE Belonging together -- THROUGH THE SHADOW OF THE VEIL -- THE THREAT OF PEACE -- THE ARCHBISHOP AND THE MANX CAT -- CHAPTER TWO Eros veiled -- SHAMING THE HEAD (VERSES 2-6) -- THE GLORY OF MAN (VERSES 7-9) -- THE AUTHORITY OF THE VEIL (VERSES 10-16) -- PART II Concupiscentia: Romans 7 -- CHAPTER THREE Sex: a critique -- THE LUST OF THE FLESH -- MODELLING THE PSYCHE -- THE LIMITS OF FREEDOM -- CHAPTER FOUR The Tombs of Desire -- SPIRIT AND LETTER (VERSES 1-6) -- DESIRE IN THE DESERT (VERSES 7-9) -- EGO AND ALTER EGO (VERSES 10-25) -- PART III Sacramentum: Ephesians 5 -- CHAPTER FIVE Eros transfigured? -- THE DOMINION OF EROS -- UNNATURAL LAW -- THE DIVINE LIFE AND THE CREATURE -- CHAPTER SIX Engendering agape -- MUTUALITY AND SUBJECTION (VERSES 22-23) -- THE MYSTERY OF CHRIST (VERSES 24-27) -- THE HOMECOMING OF EROS (VERSES 28-33) -- Index of subjects -- Index of names -- Index of scriptural texts.
Abstract:
An examination of human and divine love in the context of ideas about gender and sexuality.
Local Note:
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2017. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
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