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The Blood of the Female Martyrs as the Sperm of the Early Church1

The Blood of the Female Martyrs as the Sperm of the Early Church1 <jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>To what extent did early Christian martyr stories function as empowering the female body and contributing to an independent view of her 'self' and 'identity'? In the light of claims made, often motivated by political correctness, that certain early Christian traditions acknowledged, appreciated and promoted woman's agency in Graeco-Roman social interaction, it is argued that if the notion of a 'regulatory body' is taken into consideration, early Christian female bodies and identities were crushed both by the Roman Imperium and early Christian patriarchal leadership.</jats:p> </jats:sec> http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Religion and Theology Brill

The Blood of the Female Martyrs as the Sperm of the Early Church1

Religion and Theology , Volume 10 (1): 66 – Jan 1, 2003

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Publisher
Brill
Copyright
© 2003 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
ISSN
1023-0807
eISSN
1574-3012
DOI
10.1163/157430103X00187
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Abstract

<jats:sec><jats:title>Abstract</jats:title><jats:p>To what extent did early Christian martyr stories function as empowering the female body and contributing to an independent view of her 'self' and 'identity'? In the light of claims made, often motivated by political correctness, that certain early Christian traditions acknowledged, appreciated and promoted woman's agency in Graeco-Roman social interaction, it is argued that if the notion of a 'regulatory body' is taken into consideration, early Christian female bodies and identities were crushed both by the Roman Imperium and early Christian patriarchal leadership.</jats:p> </jats:sec>

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Religion and TheologyBrill

Published: Jan 1, 2003

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