So Easy to Forget
Augustine’s Treatment of the Sexually Violated in the City of God
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8207087 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Jennifer Barry (0000-0003-2629-0088, University of Mary Washington, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 88 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 235-253 |
| Publication date | 2020-03-09 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of the American Academy of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7189 • E-ISSN: 1477-4585 |
| Publisher | Oxford University Press (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1093/jaarel/lfz099 |
| OpenAlex | W3000486545 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 2 |
| References cited | 16 |
They certainly think they have a great charge to hurl against Christians when, to dramatize their sufferings in captivity, they add also the rape [rapturous violation] of married women and maidens intending to marry but even of certain women consecrated to the religious life. —City of God, 1.161 In him your right hand holds me fast, so that I [...] may be gathered in from dispersion in my stale days to pursue the One, forgetting the past and stretching undistracted not to future things doomed to pass away, but to my eternal goal. —Confessions, 11.29.392 Sexual violence in times of war is infinitely complex, particularly when religion informs the historical narrative. A famous example of invasion and destruction that lives on in the Christian memory is the sack of Rome in 410 C.E., famously recounted in Augustine’s City of God. In this article, I explore the...
Art · Forgetting · Literature · Narrative · Theology · Augustinian Studies and Theology · Historical, Religious, and Philosophical Studies · History · Philosophy · Religious studies · Violence, Religion, and Philosophy
| Citations per year | 0.67 |
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| Citation span | 2023 - 2026 (4) |
| Highly cited | No |