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"In Pure Resistance Theodora A. Jankowski surveys the history of virginity in Christian thought from ancient times through the Renaissance in terms of contemporary queer theory. The Pauline doctrine that virginity for both men and women is superior to marriage remained strong in Augustine - who believed that consecrated virgins were "a greater blessing" than the married - and became a cornerstone of Roman Catholic theology. Even the current edition of the New Catholic Encyclopedia privileges the state of virginity because it has as its object a superior good." "The author's claims regarding…
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1 edition- Other · English · 2000University of Pennsylvania Press · 283 pages · 9780812235524
ChristianityEnglish dramaHistoryHistory and criticismHistory of doctrinesHomosexuality and literatureInfluenceLesbianism in literature