RELG 271 Chapter : Connell and Dowsett Reading Notes
12 Feb 2014
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In ascetic christian tradition, sexuality was read as lust it was seen as an aspect of fallen humanity something to be overcome: monasticism(cid:224) becoming a monk, chastity as ideal spread through monasteries, an attack on married priests was a major feature of pope gregory vii"s church reforms in the eleventh century occurred in the context of assertion of the centralized power of the papacy and its attempts to control the priesthood more generally, asceticism(cid:224) a lifestyle characterized by abstinence from worldly pleasures, often, anti clericalism(cid:224) is a historical movement that opposes the clergy for reasons including their actual or alleged power and influence in all aspects of public and political life and their involvement in the everyday life of the citizen, their privileges, or their enforcement of orthodoxy with the aim of pursuing religious and spiritual goals, late 19th century scientific nativism replaces nativism darwin"s descent of.
