From Shame to Sin: The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity by Kyle Harper

From Shame to Sin: The Christian Transformation of Sexual Morality in Late Antiquity

Kyle Harper

304 pages digital 2013

4 editions

nonfiction history religion sociology dark medium-paced
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When Rome was at its height, an emperor’s male beloved, victim of an untimely death, would be worshipped around the empire as a god. In this same society, the routine sexual exploitation of poor and enslaved women was abetted by public institution...

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