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

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Nathan D. Howard

Christianity and the Contest for Manhood in Late Antiquity

The Cappadocian Fathers and the Rhetoric of Masculinity

Nathan D. Howard

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Cambridge University Press
05 September 2024

Ancient history: to c 500 CE; History of religion; Christianity; Christian theology; Gender studies: men

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 one accrued status through merits of composition. Howard shows how the Cappadocians' rhetoric also reordered the body and materiality as components of a maleness over which they moderated. He interrogates fourth-century theological conflict as part of a rhetorical battle over claims to manhood that supported the Cappadocians' theology and cast doubt on non-Trinitarian rivals, whom they cast as effeminate and disingenuous. Investigating accounts of pro-Nicene protagonists overcoming struggles, Howard establishes that tropes based on classical standards of gender contributed to the formation of Trinitarian orthodoxy.

By: Nathan D. Howard
Imprint: Cambridge University Press
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 228mm, Width: 150mm, Spine: 21mm
Weight: 550g
ISBN: 9781009088305
ISBN 10: 1009088300
Pages: 356
Publication Date: 05 September 2024
Audience: General/trade , ELT Advanced
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nathan D. Howard is Professor of History at the University of Tennessee at Martin. His scholarship has been funded by Dumbarton Oaks, the American Philosophical Society, and the National Endowment for the Humanities. His work has appeared in a number of edited journals and volumes, including the Journal of Late Antiquity, Approaches to the Byzantine Family, and Studia Patristica.

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

'[This book] will be highly useful for scholars interested in the cultural, religious, and intellectual history of late antiquity.' Elizabeth Mattingly Conner, Bryn Mawr Classical Review