Adam, Eve, and the Serpent

Type

Book

Authors

Pagels ( Elaine Pagels )

ISBN 10

0394521404

ISBN 13

9780394521404

Tags

Sex, Ethics, Christianity, Theology

Abstract

How did the early Christians come to believe that sex was inherently sinful? When did the Fall of Adam become synonymous with the fall of all humanity? What turned Christianity from a dissident sect that championed the integrity of the individual and the idea of free will into the bulwark of a new imperial order -- with the central belief that human beings cannot choose not to sin? In this provocative masterpiece of historical scholarship Elaine Pagels re-creates the controversies that racked the early church as it confronted the riddles of sexuality, freedom, and sin as embodied in the story of Genesis. And she shows how what was once heresy came to shape our own attitudes toward the body and the soul.

Description

241.6609015
Christian Ethics

BS2545 .S36
LC Subjects
Bible. New Testament--Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Sex--Biblical teaching.
Sex--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines--Early church, ca. 30-600.

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