Browsing Electronic Theses and Dissertations by Subject "Early Christianity"

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Haunted Paradise: Remembering and Forgetting Among Ascetics of the Egyptian Desert

Luckritz Marquis, Christine (2012)

<p>My dissertation explores how constructions of memory, space, and violence intersected in the history of early Christianity. It analyzes the crucial roles of memory and space/place in the formation, practice, and ...
Sexing the Jew: Early Christian Constructions of Jewishness

Drake, Susanna Laing (2008-12-10)

<p>My dissertation analyzes early Christian representations of Jewish sexuality and explores how early Christian writers attacked opponents by depicting them as subjects of perverse or excessive sexual desires. Beginning ...
Virginity Discourse and Ascetic Politics in the Writings of Ambrose of Milan

Laughton, Ariel Bybee (2010)

<p>Ambrose, bishop of Milan, was one of the most outspoken advocates of Christian female virginity in the fourth century C.E. This dissertation examines his writings on virginity in the interest of illuminating the ...