Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity
A major history tracing Christianity's complex engagement with sex, desire, and the body from antiquity to today, written by renowned historian Diarmaid MacCulloch.
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Lower than the Angels explores the evolving relationship between Christian thought and human sexuality from the earliest centuries to the present.
Diarmaid MacCulloch draws on a wide range of sources to examine how doctrines, institutions, and cultural attitudes have influenced beliefs about sex, marriage, and the body.
The book situates these developments within broader social and political contexts, showing how religious teachings have both reflected and directed changing norms.
Readers encounter a nuanced account that highlights continuity and transformation in Christian approaches to desire, celibacy, marriage, and gender.
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