Book of Gomorrah: An Eleventh-Century Treatise Against Clerical Homosexual Practices

by Peter Damian

Some of the roots of a negative attitude to homosexuality are found in Peter Damian's appeal to Pope Leo IX. Written 900 years ago by an Italian monk, The Book of Gomorrah asks the Pope to take steps to halt the spread of homosexual practices among the clergy and is relevant to contemporary discussion of homosexuality.

The first part outlines the various forms of homosexual practice, the specific abuses, and the inadequacy...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0889201234
• ISBN13: 9780889201231
• Release Date: October 1982
• Publisher: Wilfrid Laurier University Press
• Length: 119 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 5.8" x 8.6"