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John Boswell - Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century

John Boswell - Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century
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Social History and Christian (in)tolerance of sexual diversity

by Stephen_Murray Stephen_Murray is a Top Reviewer on Epinions in Books, Epinions Most Popular Authors - Top 100, Nov 12 '04
Pros: none
Cons: willful misreading multiple languages, refusal to consider practices
Very few books dealing with the history of religion excite the mass media attention that the late John Boswell's Christianity, Social Tolerance and Homosexuality received upon its publication in 1980. Trappings of scholarship such as footnotes ...
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Brilliant & incisive

by catu11us , Jan 25 '06
Pros: A well-researched scholarly revelation about toleration of homosexuality in ancient and mediaeval times.
Cons: Densely written and argued. Offensive, as the truth usually is.
John Boswell’s book is one calculated to set off alarm bells in every homophobic organization from the Roman Catholic Church to the Boy Scouts to the so-called “Aryan Nation”. It must be observed that a book hated by bunches of rednecks and ...
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