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The Christian view of sex contains multitudes

12 October 2024

9:00 AM

12 October 2024

9:00 AM

Lower Than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity Diarmaid MacCulloch

Allen Lane, pp.688, 35

Lower Than the Angels (that is the condition of man, according to the psalmist and St Paul) is a book that combines the two most fascinating subjects, religion and sex – but you do have to take both bits of the agenda. This is Christian history with an eye to marriage, sexual acts, sexuality, celibacy, feminism and gender.

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