Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth CenturyUniversity of Chicago Press, 10 dec 2015 - 440 pagina's “What makes this work so exciting is not simply its content . . . but its revolutionary challenge to . . . Western culture’s most familiar moral assumptions.” —Newsweek John Boswell’s National Book Award–winning study of the history of attitudes toward homosexuality in the early Christian West was a groundbreaking work that challenged preconceptions about the Church’s past relationship to its gay members—among them priests, bishops, and even saints—when it was first published thirty-five years ago. The historical breadth of Boswell’s research (from the Greeks to Aquinas) and the variety of sources consulted make this one of the most extensive treatments of any single aspect of Western social history. Now in this thirty-fifth anniversary edition with a new foreword by leading queer and religious studies scholar Mark D. Jordan, Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality is still fiercely relevant. This landmark book helped form the disciplines of gay and gender studies, and it continues to illuminate the origins and operations of intolerance as a social force. “Truly groundbreaking work. Boswell reveals unexplored phenomena with an unfailing erudition.” —Michel Foucault “Revolutionary. . . .sets a standard of excellence that one would have thought impossible in the treatment of an issue so large, uncharted and vexed. . . . Improbably as it might seem, this work of unrelenting scholarship and high intellectual drama is also thoroughly entertaining.” —New York Times Book Review “One day, when all churches accept the presence and achievements of gay people with approbation instead of denial or disapproval, Boswell will in no small way be responsible.” —Gay & Lesbian Review |
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Pagina 3
... involved in accepting approved behavior or belief. Nonacceptance of disapproved behavior or traits does not of course necessarily constitute intolerance: it could be a defensive response to persons whose 3 1. Introduction.
... involved in accepting approved behavior or belief. Nonacceptance of disapproved behavior or traits does not of course necessarily constitute intolerance: it could be a defensive response to persons whose 3 1. Introduction.
Pagina 4
... persons whose variation from the norm threatens social well-being, or a response to religious imperatives which explicitly transcend the value of “tolerance.” Both of these issues are taken up below in relation to gay people in the ...
... persons whose variation from the norm threatens social well-being, or a response to religious imperatives which explicitly transcend the value of “tolerance.” Both of these issues are taken up below in relation to gay people in the ...
Pagina 8
... persons who would not otherwise try it; it is even conceivable (though not at all certain) that more people will adopt exclusively homosexual life-styles in societies with tolerant attitudes. But the fact that a characteristic increases ...
... persons who would not otherwise try it; it is even conceivable (though not at all certain) that more people will adopt exclusively homosexual life-styles in societies with tolerant attitudes. But the fact that a characteristic increases ...
Pagina 9
... persons whose sexual inclinations are essentially nonreproductive or that some of these persons might not qualify as “gay.” As noted below, the homosexual/heterosexual distinction is a crude one and may obscure more significant sexual ...
... persons whose sexual inclinations are essentially nonreproductive or that some of these persons might not qualify as “gay.” As noted below, the homosexual/heterosexual distinction is a crude one and may obscure more significant sexual ...
Pagina 10
... persons in question obviously devoted the bulk (if not the entirety) of their erotic interest to persons of their own gender. But the fact remains that they married and had children, and fascination with their statistically less common ...
... persons in question obviously devoted the bulk (if not the entirety) of their erotic interest to persons of their own gender. But the fact remains that they married and had children, and fascination with their statistically less common ...
Inhoudsopgave
II The Christian Tradition | 89 |
III Shifting Fortunes | 167 |
IV The Rise of Intolerance | 267 |
Lexicography and Saint Paul | 335 |
Texts and Translations | 355 |
Frequently Cited Works | 403 |
Index of Greek Terms | 411 |
General Index | 413 |
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Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western ... John Boswell Gedeeltelijke weergave - 2009 |
Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western ... John Boswell Geen voorbeeld beschikbaar - 2015 |
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