The Care of the Self in Early Christian Texts

1. Introduction
Deborah Niederer Saxon

2. The Importance of the Care of the Self in the History of the Early Christ Movements
Deborah Niederer Saxon

3. Martyrdom Represented as Care of the Self in the Texts of Clement, Ignatius, and Polycarp
Deborah Niederer Saxon

4. Competing Visions of the Care of the Self in the Apocalypse of Peter, the Testimony of Truth, Fragments of Basilides and Valentinus, and the Gospel of Judas

Deborah Niederer Saxon

5. Complementary Representations of the Care of the Self in the Gospel of Mary and the Martyrdom of Perpetua and Felicity

Deborah Niederer Saxon

6. The Two Poles of Parrhēsia and Concluding Remarks
Deborah Niederer Saxon

Avainsanat: Religious Studies, Biblical Studies, Philosophy of Religion, Sociology of Religion