The Silence of Sodom by Mark D Jordan
This analysis of the relationship between male homosexuality and Catholicism examines the Church's language about sexual morality and the rhetorical devices used to actively produce silence about the topic. The author draws analogies between clerical institutions and gay culture.
"[Jordan] has offered glimpses, anecdotal stories, and scholarly observations that are a whole greater than the sum of its parts... If homosexuality is the guest that refuses to leave the table, Jordan has at least shed light on why that is and in the process made the whole issue, including a conflicted Catholic Church, a little more understandable." - Larry B. Stammer, Los Angeles Times; "[Jordan] knows how to present a case, and with apparently effortless clarity he demonstrates the church's double bind and how it affects Vatican rhetoric, the training of priests, and ecclesiastical protectiveness toward an army of closet cases.... [T]his book will interest readers of every faith." - Daniel Blue, Lambda Book Report
Mark D. Jordan is Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Religion at Emory University. His book The Invention of Sodomy in Christian Theology, also published by the University of Chicago Press, won the 1998 John Boswell Prize of the American Historical Association.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780226410432 |
| ISBN 10 | 0226410439 |
| Title | The Silence of Sodom |
| Author | Mark D Jordan |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Paperback |
| Publisher | The University of Chicago Press |
| Year published | 2002-05-01 |
| Number of pages | 342 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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