From Shame to Sin
The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity
by Kyle Harper
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Spirituality, and History.
When Rome was at its height, an emperor's male beloved, victim of an untimely death, would be worshipped around the empire as a god. In this same society, the routine sexual exploitation of poor and enslaved women was abetted by public institutions. Four centuries later, a Roman emperor commanded the mutilation of men caught in samesex affairs, ev...
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Recommended by 2 sources and appears in Most Recommended Books, Spirituality, and History.
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Timothy Keller
“@JeffSharlet In this debate we need to read Kyle Harper's book on this. Hard to say it's all a projection after this book.”
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