This is revisionism of the most agenda-driven variety. The book has a scholarly appearance and copious footnotes, but the author engages in a great deal of interpretative gymnastics with regard to Scripture, Christian tradition, and especially history. But I find the claim that one is merely being scientific (and if the science happens to agree with my personal agenda, what a coincidence!) to be disingenuous. I very much enjoy reading persuasive writing. Now, I have absolutely no problem with books with agendas. I say it is odd because the massive volume is clearly aimed at convincing the reader that Christianity is, if you really dig into history and read the Scriptures just right, supportive of homosexual love and the sex that is an expression of that love. Publisher: The University of Chicago Press ISBN: 9780226345222 Number of pages: 456 Weight: 709 g Dimensions: 23 x 17 x 3 mm Edition: 35th Anniversary Edition You may also be interested in.The author of “Christianity, Homosexuality, and Social Tolerance” begins his book with the odd claim that he is not supporting any particular moral position with regard to homosexuality.
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. Jordan, Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality is still fiercely relevant. Now in this thirty-fifth anniversary edition with a new foreword by leading queer and religious studies scholar Mark D. 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.
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.
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