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John Boswell

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born

March 20, 1947 in Boston, Massachusetts, The United States

died

December 24, 1994

gender

male

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History, Religion & Spirituality, Gay & Lesbian

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John Eastburn Boswell was a prominent historian and a professor at Yale University. Many of Boswell's studies focused on the issue of homosexuality and religion, specifically homosexuality and Christianity. (from wikipedia)

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Books by John Boswell

Average rating: 4.01 · 435 ratings · 48 reviews · 16 distinct works

	Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century 4.16 avg rating — 202 ratings — published 1980 — 7 editions	My rating:
	Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe 3.91 avg rating — 163 ratings — published 1994 — 5 editions	My rating:
	The Kindness of Strangers: The Abandonment of Children in Western Europe from Late Antiquity to the Renaissance 3.91 avg rating — 44 ratings — published 1988 — 8 editions	My rating:
	Rationalizations to Live by 4.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2000	My rating:
	The Royal Treasure: Muslim Communities Under the Crown of Aragon in the Fourteenth Century 3.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1978	My rating:
	A Manual of the Nellore District in the Presidency of Madras. Compiled and Edited by J. A. C. Boswell. [With a Map.] 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2011	My rating:
	A Method of Study: Or, an Useful Library. in Two Parts. Containing Short Directions and a Catalogue of Books for the Study of Several Val 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010 — 2 editions	My rating:
	Privileges of the Restauration in Church and State: A Sermon Preach'd Before the Worshipful Mayor and Corporation of Taunton, on Friday, May 29, 1730 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Remarks Upon a Treatise, Intituled Free and Candid Disquisitions Relating to the Church of England, Etc. in Some Letters to a Worthy Dignitary of the 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2010	My rating:
	Alla Scoperta dell'Amore: Archetipi di Amore Gay nella Storia Cristiana by John Boswell, Massimo Consoli (Introduction / Translation) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 1982 — 2 editions	My rating:

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Quotes by John Boswell

“Blessed is he who has learned to laugh at himself for he shall never cease to be entertained.”
― John Boswell

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“There is no indication that any church official suggested or supported the emperor's action against gay people. On the contrary, the only persons known by name to have been punished for homosexual acts were prominent bishops.”
― John Boswell, Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality: Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era to the Fourteenth Century

tags: bishops , christianity , church , gay-rights , roman-empire

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