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Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality

Paperback • 2016 • English

Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality

By John Boswell

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About the book

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 ...Show more

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ISBN

9780226345222

Publisher

The University of Chicago Press

Published year

2016

Language

English

Original title

Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality

Format

Paperback

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