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The invention of sodomy in Christian theology /

In this work of historical detection, medievalist 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 org...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Jordan, Mark D. (Author)
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1997.
Series:Chicago series on sexuality, history, and society.
Subjects:
Catholic Church > Doctrines > History.
Catholic Church > Controversial literature.
Sodomy > Religious aspects > Christianity > History of doctrines > Middle Ages, 600-1500.
Sodomy > Europe > History.
Homosexuality, Male > history.
Sex Offenses > history.
Christianity > history.
Prejudice > history.
Catholic Church > Doctrines > Controversial literature.
Église catholique > Doctrines > Histoire.
Église catholique > Ouvrages de controverse.
Sodomie > Aspect religieux > Christianisme > Histoire des doctrines > 600-1500 (Moyen Âge)
Sodomie > Europe > Histoire.
Catholic Church.
Sodomy.
Theology, Doctrinal.
Europe.
Sodomie
Theologie
Homoseksualiteit.
Rooms-Katholieke Kerk.
600-1500
Geschichte
Controversial literature.
History.
Table of Contents:
  • A prelude after Nietzsche : the responsibilities of a history of sodomy
  • The passions of St. Pelagius
  • The discovery of sodomy
  • Peter Damian : books in Gomorrah
  • Alan of Lille : natural artifices
  • The care of sodomites
  • Albert the Great : the sodomitic physiology
  • Thomas Aquinas : the sin against nature
  • A postlude after St. Ambrose : the responsibilities of a theology of sodomy.