Lower than the Angels

Name: Lower than the Angels
SKU: 9780141990958
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‘A richly entertaining history of the ways in which, for 3,000 years, the church has tied itself in knots over sex (and love and marriage) … fabulous’ ObserverThe Bible observes that God made humanity ‘for a while a little lower than the angels’. If humans are that close to angels, does the difference lie in human sexuality and what we do with it? In a single lifetime, Christianity or historically Christian societies have witnessed one of the most extraordinary about-turns in attitudes to sex and gender in human history, bringing liberation for some and fury and fear for others. This book by Oxford's Emeritus Professor of the History of the Church seeks to calm fears and encourage understanding by telling the 3000-year-long tale of Christians encountering sex, gender and the family, with noises off from their sacred texts. It beckons us to pay attention to the sheer glorious complexity and contradictions in the history of Christianity, an epic of ordinary and extraordinary Christians trying to make sense of themselves and of humanity’s deepest desires, fears and hopes.

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Bokdetaljer
Format	Pocket
Språk	English
Antal sidor	688
Utg.datum	2025-09-18
Förlag	Penguin Books Ltd
Författare	Diarmaid MacCulloch
Dimensioner	129 × 199 × 33 mm
Vikt	496 g
ISBN	9780141990958
Ursprungsland	GB