Lower Than the Angels A History of Sex and Christianity

Diarmaid MacCulloch

eAudio - 2025

"A magisterial new history"—The New York Times"An epic tale, and MacCulloch is an undaunted guide.”—New York Review of BooksA groundbreaking history of sexual emotion, sexual activity, gender relations, marriage and the family—and how Christianity has interacted with this panorama of human concernsFew matters produce more public interest and public anxiety than sex and religion. Much of the political contention and division in societies across the world centres on sexual topics, and one-third of the global population is Christian in background or outlook. The issue goes to the heart of present-day religion.This book seeks to calm fears and encourage understanding through telling a three-thousand-year-long tale of Chri...stians encountering sex, gender, and the family. The message of Lower than the Angels is simple, necessary and timely: to pay attention to the complexity and contradictions in the history of Christianity.... more