2010
DOI: 10.1177/0008429810362315
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‘‘Wear the Armor of Your Shame!’’: Debating Veiling and the Salvation of the Flesh in Tertullian of Carthage

Abstract: In the early third century, Tertullian (approx. 150-220 C.E.) penned On the Veiling of Virgins to cajole unveiled virgin women to cover their heads. While scholars have read the treatise primarily as evidence of his misogyny or his attempt to establish a male ecclesiology, this article examines it as evidence of a debate between Tertullian and virgin women in Carthage over the nature of a woman's flesh and the possibility of its transformation. Employing Judith Butler's conception of performativity, I consider… Show more

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