Seducing Augustine : : Bodies, Desires, Confessions / / Virginia Burrus, Karmen MacKendrick, Mark D. Jordan.
Augustine’s Confessions is a text that seduces. But how often do its readers respond in kind? Here three scholars who share a longstanding fascination with sexuality and Christian discourse attempt to do just that. Where prior interpreters have been inclined either to defend or to criticize Augustin...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : Fordham University Press, , [2022] ©2010 |
| Year of Publication: | 2022 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (176 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Preface
- Introduction: Pleasurable Temptations
- 1. Secrets and Lies
- 2. The Word, His Body
- 3. Freedom in Submission
- 4. No Time for Sex
- Conclusion: Seductive Praises
- Notes
- Works Cited
- Index