Stephen Morris

When Brothers Dwell in Unity

Byzantine Christianity and Homosexuality

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

In the world of early Byzantine Christianity, monastic rules acknowledged but discouraged the homosexual impulses of adult males. What most disturbed monastic leaders was adolescent males being accepted as novices; adult men were considered unable to control their sexual desires for these "beautiful boys." John Chrysostom, the Archbishop of Constantinople (397-407), virulently denounced homosexuality, but was virtually the only Byzantine cleric to do so. Penances traditionally attached to heterosexual sins--including remarriage after divorce or widowhood--have always been much more severe than those for a variety of homosexual acts or relationships. Just as Byzantine churches have found ways to accommodate sequential marriages and other behavior once stridently condemned, this book argues, it is possible for Byzantine Christianity to make pastoral accommodations for gay relationships and same-sex marriage.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: McFarland
• Seitenzahl: 240
• Erscheinungstermin: 31. Dezember 2015
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 14mm
• Gewicht: 396g
• ISBN-13: 9780786495177
• ISBN-10: 0786495170
• Artikelnr.: 42789467

Autorenporträt

Stephen Morris is an independent scholar who lives in New York City. He has studied Byzantine and medieval history and theology at Yale and St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Academy and has written on patristic preaching and exegesis as well as medieval and Byzantine hagiography.

Inhaltsangabe

Table of Contents Acknowledgments Introduction 1.
"Receive Not Any Boys, Beardless Youths, and Eunuchs": Monastic Experience and the Beautiful Boys 2.
The "Gay" Male as Byzantine Monster: Civil/Secular Legislation and Punishment for Same-Sex Behavior 3.
"Better Than Free Fornication": Suspicious Sexual Relationships in Canon Law and Penitential Handbooks 4.
"Their Teaching Satanic ... Their Life Also Diabolical": John Chrysostom on Same-Sex Behavior 5. "Look Down from Heaven, Behold and Visit This Vine": Liturgy and Anthropology of Adelphopoiia Conclusions and Reflections Appendix I. John Chrysostom's Homily 4 on Romans Appendix II. Service to Bless a Second/Third Marriage Appendix III. Service for Adelphopoiia Appendix IV. Goar's Canonico-Historical Notes on Adelphopoiia Chapter Notes Bibliography Index