The Body and Society: Men, Women, and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity FROM THE PUBLISHER
The reader of Peter Brown's work is always uncertain which to admire most, the grace and clarity, the scope and erudition, or the ability to bring diverse and complex units into a meaningful whole. These merits are all fully on display in The Body and Society. (New York Times Book Review)
A profound sociological and intellectual study . . . Brown has written a magisterial survey, a lasting work of scholarship. (The New York Review of Books)
FROM THE CRITICS
New York Times Book Review
The reader of Peter Brown's work is always uncertain which to admire most, the grace and clarity, the scope and erudition, or the ability to bring diverse and complex units into a meaningful whole. These merits are all fully on display in The Body and Society.
New York Review of Books
A profound sociological and intellectual study . . . Brown has written a magisterial survey, a lasting work of scholarship.
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