TM 747 Seminar: Body, Gender, Sexuality: Augustine and the Cappadocians (Spring: 3)

Prerequisite: previous course in early church history or theology and in systematic theology or ethics.
Offered Periodically
Permission required; enrollment limited to 14.
The seminar will explore inter-related aspects of body, gender, and sexuality in the heology, ethics, and preaching of Augustine, Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa, and (though not a Cappadocian) John Chrysostom on some points. Major topics include: creation and the body; Eve/woman as helpmate; gender complementarity; sin and sexuality; marriage and procreation; virginity and continence; the debate over marriage. Sources include commentaries on Genesis 1-3, theological and ascetical treatises, sermons, and letters.
Francine Cardman

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