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Name: Christianity, Social Tolerance and Homosexuality
Author: John Boswell

📘 Christianity, Social Tolerance and Homosexuality by John Boswell

John Boswell’s award‑winning work examines the evolving attitudes toward homosexuality within the Christian West. Drawing on sources ranging from the Greeks to Aquinas and spanning several languages, it reveals how clergy, bishops, and even canonized saints were affected by changing doctrines. By documenting the Church’s historical engagement with gay persons, Boswell illuminates the roots of social intolerance and provides a detailed account of Western religious practice from the Middle Ages to the early modern period.

First publish date: 1981

Genre: History/Medieval History

Authors: John Boswell

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