Children And Asceticism In Late Antiquity: Continuity, Family Dynamics And The Rise Of Christianity

This is the first book to scrutinise the interplay between family, children and asceticism in the rise of Christianity. Drawing on texts of Christian authors of the late fourth and early fifth centuries the volume approaches the study of family dynamics and childhood from both ideological and social historical perspectives. It examines the place of children in the family in Christian ideology and explores how families in the late Roman world adapted these ideals in practice.

• • Author: Dr Ville Vuolanto
• • Publisher: Routledge
• • Publication Date: Feb 28, 2015
• • Number of Pages: 272 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1472414365
• • ISBN-13: 9781472414366