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The Invention of Sodomy in Christian Theology

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The Invention of Sodomy in Christian Theology by Mark D. Jordan explores how the concept of sodomy was constructed within Christian theological thought. The book examines historical texts to reveal how ideas around sexuality were influenced by religious doctrine, impacting theological and societal perspectives. It delves into the broader implications of defining sexual morality through a religious lens.
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You might enjoy this book if you are curious about the historical and philosophical development of theological concepts in Christian doctrine, especially concerning human sexuality. It explores how interpretations of one term have evolved and influenced broader theological and moral debates. This book may appeal to those interested in the intersection of language, religion, and cultural history.

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Explores the invention of sodomy in medieval Christendom, examining its conceptual foundations in theology and gauging its impact on Christian sexual ethics both then and now. The text traces the genealogy of this cultural construct through many of the idiosyncratic worldviews of the Middle Ages.

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In this startling original work of historical detection, Mark D. 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 organised religions and society in general over moral judgements of same-sex eroticism.

"A crucial contribution to our understanding of the tortured and tortuous relationship between men who love men, and the Christian religionโ€”indeed, between our kind and Western society as a whole. . . . The true power of Jordan's study is that it gives back to gay and lesbian people our place in history and that it places before modern theologians and church leaders a detailed history of fear, inconsistency, hatred and oppression that must be faced both intellectually and pastorally." โ€”Michael B. Kelly, Screaming Hyena

"[A] detailed and disturbing tour through the back roads of medieval Christian thought." โ€”Dennis O'Brien, Commonweal

"Being gay and being Catholic are not necessarily incompatible modes of life, Jordan argues. . . . Compelling and deeply learned." โ€”Virginia Quarterly Review

Series: The Chicago Series on Sexuality, History, and Society

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    In this startling original work of historical detection, Mark D. 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 organised religions and society in general over moral judgements of same-sex eroticism....
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ISBN: 9780226410401

Publisher: The University of Chicago Press

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 15 October 1998

Country: United States

Imprint: University of Chicago Press

Audience: Tertiary education, Professional and scholarly

DIMENSIONS

Spine width: 1.0mm

Width: 15.0mm

Height: 23.0mm

Weight: 340g

Pages: 200

About the Author

Mark D. Jordan is the Reverend Priscilla Wood Neaves Distinguished Professor of Religion and Politics at the John C. Danforth Center on Religion and Politics at Washington University. Hewas previouslythe Richard Reinhold Niebuhr Professor of Divinity and Professor of Studies of Women, Gender, and Sexuality at Harvard University and alsotaughtat the University of Notre Dame and Emory University. He is the author or editor of more than a dozen books.

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