christianity social tolerance and homosexuality by john boswell

Still, it would be churlish to deny the enormity of Boswell's achievement in helping to pioneer a new area of study, the importance of some of the things he points to here, or the bravery it took to be so open about his sexuality. Often he seems to read them in the way which bests supports his thesis, and as Boswell was an out gay man who was also a devout convert to Catholicism and wished to both argue for the validity of his sexual orientation and of his place within the church, this requires a lot of inconsistency and contortions on his part. Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century. The Boswell thesis / Mathew Kuefler - John Boswells gay science : prolegomenon to a re-reading / Ralph Hexter - Touching on the past / Carolyn Dinshaw. Introduction - Definitions - Rome: the foundation - The scriptures - Christians and social change - Theological traditions - The early Middle Ages - The urban. They're criticisms which I share-the idea of a longue durée gay and/or homosexual cultural identity which he presents here is problematic, US-centric and presentist, women are almost entirely absent (and no, his statement that there simply aren't the sources doesn't really hold water any more), and at times Boswell's use of sources is highly frustrating. Christianity, social tolerance, and homosexuality : gay people in Western Europe from the beginning of the Christian era to the fourteenth century.

Yet a lot of that scholarship has pushed back against CSTH, critiquing his analytical categories and terminology and his use of source material. Many younger scholars were inspired by his writings, and much work has been produced on the history of gender and sexuality since Boswell's death. From the perspective of several decades later, both Boswell's hopes and fears have been realised, to varying extents.

Urn:oclc:824153202 Scandate 20100303175948 Scanner scribe7.la.archive.In his conclusion to Christianity, Social Tolerance and Homosexuality, John Boswell states that as such little work had been done on this topic before-which, at the time of this book's publication was certainly true-'the writer on this subject cannot hope to avoid leading his readers down many wrong paths or, occasionally, coming to a dead end', and begs the reader's forbearance in the hopes that future scholars will build on his work. Urn:lcp:christianitysoci00bosw:epub:de73ba7e-ce02-4f59-a645-c93c62682a40 Extramarc Brown University Library Foldoutcount 0 Identifier christianitysoci00bosw Identifier-ark ark:/13960/t7sn0tz6s Isbn 0226067106ħ9111171 Ocr_converted abbyy-to-hocr 1.1.20 Ocr_module_version 0.0.17 Page-progression lr Page_number_confidence 92.67 Pages 468 Ppi 400 Related-external-id urn:isbn:0260067113 Access-restricted-item true Addeddate 22:46:52 Bookplateleaf 0006 Boxid IA110108 Camera Canon 5D City Chicago DonorĪlibris Edition Phoenix ed.

Christianity social tolerance and homosexuality by john boswell