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The Invention of Sodomy in Christian Theology: Volume 1997

The Invention of Sodomy in Christian Theology: Volume 1997 - Paperback

by Mark D. Jordan
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Availability:In StockContributor:Mark D. JordanSeries:The Chicago Sexuality, History, and SocietyPublish date:1998-10-15Pages:200
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226410401ISBN-10:226410404UPC:9780226410401Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Christian Theology, ChristianitySize:8.99 x 5.99 x 0.59 inchesWeight:0.69Product ID:SCJE3WPHGY
In this startling original work of historical detection, Mark D. Jordan explores the invention of Sodomy by medieval Christendom, examining its conceptual foundations in theology and gauging its impact on Christian sexual ethics both then and now. This book is for everyone involved in the ongoing debate within organized religions and society in general over moral judgments of same-sex eroticism.

"A crucial contribution to our understanding of the tortured and tortuous relationship between men who love men, and the Christian religion--indeed, between our kind and Western society as a whole. . . . The true power of Jordan's study is that it gives back to gay and lesbian people our place in history and that it places before modern theologians and church leaders a detailed history of fear, inconsistency, hatred and oppression that must be faced both intellectually and pastorally."--Michael B. Kelly, Screaming Hyena

"[A] detailed and disturbing tour through the back roads of medieval Christian thought."--Dennis O'Brien, Commonweal

"Being gay and being Catholic are not necessarily incompatible modes of life, Jordan argues. . . . Compelling and deeply learned."--Virginia Quarterly Review
Languages:EnglishPublisher:University of Chicago PressISBN-13:9780226410401ISBN-10:226410404UPC:9780226410401Book Category:ReligionBook Subcategory:Christian Theology, ChristianitySize:8.99 x 5.99 x 0.59 inchesWeight:0.69Product ID:SCJE3WPHGY
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Mark D. Jordan is the Reverend Priscilla Wood Neaves Distinguished Professor of Religion and Politics at the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University. Hewas previouslythe Richard Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Divinity and Professor of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard University and alsotaughtat the University of Notre Dame and Emory University. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books.

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