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Mathew Kuefler

The Manly Eunuch

Masculinity, Gender Ambiguity, and Christian Ideology in Late Antiquity

408 pages,  6 x 9  © 2001
Series: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society

Cloth $59.00

ISBN: 9780226457390   Published July 2001

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
INTRODUCTION

Part One—Changing Realities
1 "MASCULINE SPLENDOR"
2 "MEN RECEIVED A WOUND, AND SUBMIT TO A DEFEAT"
3 "A PURITY HE DOES NOT SHOW HIMSELF"

Part Two—Changing Ideals
4 "I AM A SOLDIER OF CHRIST"
5 "WE PRIESTS HAVE OUR OWN NOBILITY"
6 "MY SEED IS A HUNDRED TIMES MORE FERTILE"
7 "THE MANILESS OF FAITH"
8 "EUNUCHS FOR THE SAKE OF THE
KINGDOM OF HEAVEN"

CONCLUSION
A NOTE ABOUT THE NOTES
ABBREVIATIONS USED
NOTES
BIBLIOGRAPHY
INDEX
Subjects



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