Eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven : women, sexuality and the Catholic church

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Eunuchs for the kingdom of heaven : women, sexuality and the Catholic church

Uta Ranke-Heinemann ; translated by Peter Heinegg

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Penguin, 1991

Other Title

Eunuchen für das Himmelreich

Uniform Title

Eunuchen für das Himmelreich

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Description

This is an expose of the development of sexual ethics in the Catholic Church, which strikes back against centuries of male domination and reveals attitudes of ingrained anti-feminism and hostility to all pleasures. The author explores how women have been excluded from the ecclesiastical stage and makes a case for the history of Christianity as the history of women's progressive incapacitation. She traces these aberrations from the true spirit of Christianity through ancient heathen shibboleths to wilful misconceptions of the New Testament by church fathers who repressed sexuality. Controversial issues such as incest, contraception, abortion, homosexuality, divorce and the remarriage of divorcees are all investigated.

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  • NCID
    BA3429062X
  • ISBN
    • 0140143890
  • Country Code
    us
  • Title Language Code
    eng
  • Text Language Code
    eng
  • Original Language Code
    ger
  • Place of Publication
    New York
  • Pages/Volumes
    360 p
  • Size
    20 cm
  • Classification
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