Members of His Body : : Shakespeare, Paul, and a Theology of Nonmonogamy /

Members of His Body : : Shakespeare, Paul, and a Theology of Nonmonogamy / / Will Stockton.

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Building on scholarship regarding both biblical and early modern sexualities, Members of His Body protests the Christian defense of marital monogamy. According to the Paul who authors 1 Corinthians, believers would do well to remain single and focus instead on the messiah's return. According to...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Fordham University Press Complete eBook-Package 2017
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Stockton, Will,
Place / Publishing House:New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2017]
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Year of Publication:2017
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (188 p.)
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Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • Contents
  • Notes
  • Introduction: Marriage and the Body of Christ
  • Part I. Neither male nor female
  • 1. Paul in Ephesus: Self and Sexual Difference in The Comedy of Errors
  • 2. Portia's Pauline Perversion: The Merchant of Venice and Romans 1
  • Part II. The works of the flesh
  • 3. Chaste Impossibilities: Adultery and Individuation in Othello
  • 4. The Ecology of Adultery: Flesh, Blood, and Stone in The Winter's Tale
  • Epilogue: Why (Again) Are the Utopians Monogamous?
  • Acknowledgments
  • Notes
  • Bibliography
  • Index

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