Lower than the Angels - A History of Sex and Christianity

This book by Oxford''s Emeritus Professor of the History of the Church seeks to calm fears and encourage understanding through telling a 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.<>

Product details

• Authors: Diarmaid MacCulloch, MacCulloch Diarmaid
• Publisher: Penguin Books Uk
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Release: 18.09.2025
• EAN: 9780141990958
• ISBN: 978-0-14-199095-8
• No. of pages: 688
• Dimensions: 129 mm x 198 mm x 35 mm
• Subjects: Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Ideologies / General, HISTORY / Social History, Social & cultural history, RELIGION / Christianity / History, PSYCHOLOGY / Human Sexuality, RELIGION / Psychology of Religion, RELIGION / Christianity / Denominations, History of Religion, Christian Churches & denominations, Christian Churches, denominations, groups, Social and cultural history, Religious and theocratic ideologies, Psychology: sexual behaviour, Religious aspects of sexuality, gender and relationships, RELIGION / Christian Living / Family & Relationships, Sexual Behaviour, Religious & theocratic ideologies, Christian aspects of sexuality, gender & relationships