The Care of the Self in Early Christian Texts

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The Care of the Self in Early Christian Texts
The Care of the Self in Early Christian Texts
Author : Deborah Niederer Saxon
File Size : 50,8 Mb
Publisher : Springer
Language : English
Release Date : 05 October 2017
ISBN : 9783319647500
Pages : 213 pages
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The Care of the Self in Early Christian Texts by Deborah Niederer Saxon Book PDF Summary

This book presents the first three Christian centuries through the lens of what Foucault called “the care of the self.” This lens reveals a rich variation among early Christ movements by illuminating their practices instead of focusing on what we anachronistically assume to have been their beliefs. A deep analysis of the discourse of martyrdom demonstrates how writers like Clement, Ignatius, and Polycarp represented self-care. Deborah Niederer Saxon brings to light an entire spectrum of alternative views represented in newly-discovered texts from Nag Hammadi and elsewhere. This insightful analysis has implications for feminist scholarship and exposes the false binary of thinking in terms of “orthodoxy” versus “heresy”/”Gnosticism.”

The Care of the Self in Early Christian Texts

The Care of the Self in Early Christian Texts by Deborah Niederer Saxon

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