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Hultin, Jeremy Foreman.

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Watch your mouth: The ethics of obscene speech in early Christianity and its environment (Saint Clement of Alexandria).

Record Type:	Electronic resources : Monograph/item
Title/Author:	Watch your mouth: The ethics of obscene speech in early Christianity and its environment (Saint Clement of Alexandria)./
Author:	Hultin, Jeremy Foreman.
Description:	332 p.
Notes:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-03, Section: A, page: 0942.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International64-03A.
Subject:	Religion, Biblical Studies. -
Online resource:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoeng/servlet/advanced?query=3084311

Watch your mouth: The ethics of obscene speech in early Christianity and its environment (Saint Clement of Alexandria).
Hultin, Jeremy Foreman.

Watch your mouth: The ethics of obscene speech in early Christianity and its environment (Saint Clement of Alexandria). - 332 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 64-03, Section: A, page: 0942.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--Yale University, 2003.

This study gives a cultural history of early Christian speech ethics, in particular, the Christians' opposition to foul language. By examining how obscene language was used in the ancient world and the types of concerns it raised, I demonstrate that there was considerable disagreement about the significance of using or avoiding obscene language. Although the Christians of the first two centuries were consistently opposed to foul language, they too had a variety of reasons for their position, and they had different views about what role speech would play in forming their identity as a “holy people”. For instance, Colossians forbade foul-mouthed abuse, but encouraged Christians to engage in pleasant, witty conversation with pagans. On the other hand, the strictures against “rotten words” in Ephesians are based on the premise that using certain words desecrates the community—the community which God had sanctified by indwelling it as his “temple”. Furthermore, Ephesians forbids not only offensive language but even “wittiness”, thereby ensuring Christians' speech would help to maintain the distance between them and the “sons of disobedience” outside.Subjects--Topical Terms:

1020189
Religion, Biblical Studies.

Watch your mouth: The ethics of obscene speech in early Christianity and its environment (Saint Clement of Alexandria).
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520 $a A century later, Clement of Alexandria held a different view about the nature of words and a different view about how speech should function in setting Christians apart. Although he also opposed foul language—he even cited the prohibitions in Ephesians admiringly—Clement argued that since God is the creator both of body parts and of the words that name them, there is no cause for shame in either. This was a Christian version of the claim, made famous by the Stoics, that there was no such thing as foul language. For Clement, language was essentially a matter of etiquette; foul words do not threaten Christians' sanctity so much as their dignity. Thus Clement wanted Christians' speech to help them fit in with the best in pagan society, not to set them apart. As the examples of Clement and Ephesians make clear, this study does more than explore how ancient Christians felt about bad words: it also describes how the discipline of the tongue was bound up with the creation of religious identities.
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