Christianity and the Contest for Manhood in Late Antiquity: The Cappadocian Fathers and the Rhetoric of Masculinity

by Nathan D. Howard

In this book, Nathan Howard explores gender and identity formation in fourth-century Cappadocia, where pro-Nicene bishops used a rhetoric of contest that aligned with conventions of classical Greek masculinity. Howard demonstrates that epistolary exhibitions served as 'a locus for' asserting manhood in the fourth century. These performances illustrate how a culture of orality that had defined manhood among civic elites was reframed as a contest whereby...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1316514765
• ISBN13: 9781316514764
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press
• Length: 350 Pages
• Weight: 1.53 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.0" x 9.0"