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An edition of The suffering self (1995)

The suffering self

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The Suffering Self is a controversial interdisciplinary study of the spread of Christianity across the Roman empire. Judith Perkins shows how Christian narrative representation in the early empire worked to create a new kind of human self-understanding - the perception of the self as sufferer. Drawing on feminist and social theory, she addresses the question of why themes of martyrdom and bodily suffering were so prevalent in early Christian texts.

This study crosses the boundaries between ancient history and the study of early Christianity in the context of the Greco-Roman world. Perkins draws parallels with suffering heroines in Greek novels and in martyr acts and examines representations in medical and philosophical texts. The Suffering Self is important reading for all those interested in ancient society, or in the history of Christianity.

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Routledge
Language
English
Pages
254

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Subjects
Christianity, History, History of doctrines, Identification (Religion), Pain, Religious aspects, Religious aspects of Pain, Religious aspects of Suffering, Suffering, Histoire des doctrines, Vroege kerk, Douleur, Souffrance, 11.51 early Christianity, Martelaarschap, Aspect religieux, Enseignement patristique, Lijden, Christianisme, RELIGION
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Early church, ca. 30-600, To 1500

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Edition Notes

Includes bibliographical references (p. 228-246) and index.

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London, New York

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Dewey Decimal Class
272/.1
Library of Congress
BR195.S93 P47 1995, BR195.S93P47 1995, BR195.S93 P47 1995eb, BR195.S93 P47 1994

The Physical Object

Pagination
254 p. ;
Number of pages
254

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OL1116551M
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sufferingselfpai00perk
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0415113636, 0415127068
LCCN
94042650
OCLC/WorldCat
50760750, 503423036
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791069
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4735076
1072027

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