Christianity and the Contest for Manhood in Late Antiquity - The Cappadocian Fathers and the Rhetoric of Masculinity

By exploring gender and identity in fourth-century Cappadocia, where bishops used a rhetoric of contest to align with classical Greek masculinity, this book contributes to discussions about how gender, identity formation, and materiality shaped episcopal office and theology in late antiquity.

List of contents

Introduction; 1. The sweat of eloquence: epistolary Ag¿n and second sophistic origins; 2. The Ag¿n of friendship: sensory rhetoric, aesthetics, and gift exchange; 3. Personification of sacred Aret¿; 4. Ag¿n and theological authority: hagiography and polemics of identity.

About the author

Nathan D. Howard is Professor of History at the University of Tennessee at Martin. His scholarship has been funded by Dumbarton Oaks, the American Philosophical Society, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. His work has appeared in a number of edited journals and volumes, including the Journal of Late Antiquity, Approaches to the Byzantine Family, and Studia Patristica.

Summary

By exploring gender and identity in fourth-century Cappadocia, where bishops used a rhetoric of contest to align with classical Greek masculinity, this book contributes to discussions about how gender, identity formation, and materiality shaped episcopal office and theology in late antiquity.

Product details

• Authors: Nathan D. Howard
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.08.2022
• EAN: 9781316514764
• ISBN: 978-1-316-51476-4
• No. of pages: 350
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; HISTORY / Ancient / General, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christian Theology / General, RELIGION / Christianity / General, RELIGION / Sexuality & Gender Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Men's Studies, Theology, Christianity, Christian theology, Turkey, History of Religion, Ancient History, Ancient history: to c 500 CE, Gender studies: men and boys, Gender Studies: Men, BCE to c 500 CE, BCE period – Protohistory, Türkiye / Turkey