Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality

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Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century

By John Boswell

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John Boswell's Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality is a pioneering historical study that explores attitudes toward homosexuality in the early Christian West, spanning from ancient Greek influences to the scholastic era of Aquinas. Drawing on an extensive range of sources, Boswell challenges traditional views by revealing that the early Church included gay members such as priests, bishops, and saints, highlighting the complexity and tolerance present in historical Christian societies.

Now in its thirty-fifth anniversary edition, this work remains a vital contribution to understanding the origins and mechanisms of social intolerance, underlining its ongoing relevance in studies of religion and sexuality.
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This landmark book is essential for students and scholars of religious studies, history, gender and queer studies, as well as readers interested in the intersections of Christianity and social tolerance. Its academic rigor combined with accessible prose also suits informed general readers seeking to understand historical perspectives on homosexuality and the Church.

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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.

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Newsweek praises the book for its revolutionary challenge to Western moral assumptions. The New York Times Book Review calls it "revolutionary" and notes Boswell’s rare skill in writing about sex with wit, making this scholarly work entertaining. The Gay & Lesbian Review credits Boswell with paving the way for greater acceptance of gay people in religious contexts, while philosopher Michel Foucault describes it as a "truly groundbreaking work" with unfailing erudition.

Book Details

INFORMATION

ISBN: 9780226345222

Publisher: The University of Chicago Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 10 December 2015

Country: United States

Imprint: University of Chicago Press

Edition: 35th Anniversary Edition

Contributors:

Foreword by Mark D. Jordan

Audience: Tertiary education

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 3.0mm

Width: 17.0mm

Height: 23.0mm

Weight: 709g

Pages: 456

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About the Author

John Boswell (1947-94) was the A. Whitney Griswold Professor of History at Yale University and the author of The Royal Treasure, The Kindness of Strangers, and Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe.