Regulating Sex in the Roman Empire: Ideology, the Bible, and the Early Christians
David Wheeler-Reed
Abstract
Engaging with Foucault’s ideas on sexuality, this book demonstrates how conservative organizations and the Supreme Court have misunderstood Christian beliefs on marriage and the family. It challenges the long-held assumption that American values are based on “Judeo-Christian” norms, by comparing ancient Christian discourses on marriage and sexuality with contemporary ones, maintaining that modern family values owe more to Roman Imperial beliefs than to the Bible. Ultimately, this book undermines the conservative ideology of the family, starting from the position that early Christianity, in its ... More
Keywords: Foucault, New Testament, Augustus, ideology, sexuality
Bibliographic Information
| Print publication date: 2017 | Print ISBN-13: 9780300227727 |
| Published to Yale Scholarship Online: May 2018 | DOI:10.12987/yale/9780300227727.001.0001 |
