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Monastic Desires

Homoeroticism, Homophobia, and the Love of God in Medieval Constantinople

Av Derek Krueger

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The Byzantine Abbot Symeon the New Theologian (949-1022) transgressed the homophobic norms of medieval Orthodox society. His longing for God was distinctly homoerotic, and he depicted union with the divine as a queer sort of marriage. His Orthodox theology of theosis, the deification of the entire person, meant that Symeon taught the salvation of all the parts of the body. But monks also desired the eradication of lust and the punishment of those who fell prey to it. Sermons and biblical commentary defined men who had sex with men as sodomites; and saints' lives warned of the consequences of same-sex desires. Those who renounced sex redirected their desire rather than eliminating it. Symeon's queer erotics shed light on other devotions distinctive to medieval Orthodoxy, including the veneration of saints and worship with icons. Monastic Desires makes a groundbreaking contribution to the history of sexuality and the history of Christianity.
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  • Utgivningsdatum: 2026-03-12
  • Mått: 163 x 231 x 21 mm
  • Vikt: 500 g
  • Format: Inbunden
  • Språk: Engelska
  • Antal sidor: 356
  • Förlag: Cambridge University Press
  • ISBN: 9781009648332
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Derek Krueger is Professor Emeritus of Religious Studies at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro and a preeminent scholar of Byzantine Christianity. His books include Liturgical Subjects: Christian Ritual, Biblical Narrative, and the Formation of the Self in Byzantium (2014) and Writing and Holiness: The Practice of Authorship in the Early Christian East (2004).

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'A magnificent achievement – this is one of the finest examples of investigative historical empathy available. It offers a game-changing social history of queerness that shatters multiple contemporary expectations, and a revelatory interpretation of the medieval evidence.' Leonora Neville, John W. and Jeanne M. Rowe Chair of Byzantine History and Vilas Distinguished Achievement Professor, University of Wisconsin, Madison

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