I had the pleasure of being a respondent at a conference in honor of Heather White and Anthony Petro’s path breaking publications Reforming Sodom and After the Wrath of God.
Religion and Sexuality
Sex and the Devil: An Interview with Laura Stokes
‘The witch is a witch not only because she magically devours, destroys, or rides wolves, but also because she has sex with the devil.’
From Shame to Sin: Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity
With the new religion came new attitudes to sexual behaviour and morality
The Catholic Church and Child Sexual Abuse in Twentieth-Century Ireland
It was their word against the word of the adults, the doers of God’s work on Earth.
Reverend Anna Garlin Spencer and the Rise of “Family Life” in Early Sex Education
Liberal Protestants influenced major shifts—and later divisions—among sex educators.
Reforming Sodom: Protestants and the Rise of Gay Rights
The forgotten history of liberal Protestants’ role on both sides of debates over orthodoxy & sexual identity.
The Religious Right and the Politics of Sexuality: An Interview with Neil J. Young
Young upends the widely-believed myths about the political origins and motivations of the Religious Right.
Recent Posts
Lady Chatterley’s Lover: A Queer Case
‘An Equality of Injustice’: The Sex Buyers’ Bill and Lessons from History
In the Service of White Supremacy: Immigration and Reproductive Violence
Lesbian Networks of (Cat) Care During the Sex Wars
Working Out: Reflections of gay trade union activism in the 1970s UK