Author: Burrus, Virginia
Title: Begotten, Not Made: Conceiving Manhood in Late Antiquity
Description: Stanford [CA], Stanford University Press, 2000. orig.wrappers. 24x15cm, xvi,240 pp. PAPERBACK.. Minor rubbing. VG. ¶ Contents: Prologue: Interdisciplinary plots. Spectacle of shamelessness: the condemnation of Paul of Samosata ; Unseen acts: Eusebius’s "Life of Origen" ; Veiled truth: Lactantius’s On the workmanship of God ; Anticipations -- Fathering the world: Athanasius of Alexandria. A theory of subjects: On the incarnation of the word ; Essential masculinities: Orations against the Arians ; Staging the Father’s Council: The apologetic works ; The city a desert: The life of Antony ; Revaluing the father -- A son’s legacy: Gregory of Nyssa. This sex which is (n)one: On virginity ; The sword of the word: Against Eunomius ; In a different voice: On the soul and the resurrection ; Love without limit: The life of Moses ; Sexing the son -- Spirited advocacy: Ambrose of Milan. The daughter’s seduction: On virgins ; Reproducing orthodoxy: On the faith and On the spirit ; Making modest men: On the duties ; Embodying the spirit -- Theological conclusion.

Keywords: History of Religion, Saint Gregory, Saint Ambrose, Saint Athanasius, Nicene Creed, Early Christianity, Christian Church, Men Masculinity, Feminist Theology