This scoping review aims to comprehensively explore the landscape of taboos and their
impact on sexual and reproductive health. Titled “Forbidden Conversations,” it delves into …

In the fourth century, clerics began to distinguish themselves from members of the laity by
virtue of their augmented claims to holiness. Because clerical celibacy was key to this …

The Letter to the Colossians offers a compelling vision of the Christian life; its claims
transcend religion and bring politics, culture, spirituality, power, ethnicity, and more into play …

First and foremost, I owe thanks to both Edward Adams and Ben Quash for being such
enabling, patient and supportive supervisors. Their belief in me has facilitated the transition …

Abstract Paul, Apostle relates the Good News to the wisdom of God that is understood by
humans who give themselves to believe in Jesus. However, the presence of the powerful …

Kyle Harper has argued that by the first century CE, porneia “was the chief vice in a [Jewish]
system of sexual morality rooted in conjugal sexuality. For Hellenistic Jews, in a culture …

This study traces the emergence of the concept of the body as a sanctuary from its biblical
roots to its expressions in late Second Temple Judaism. Harrington's hypothesis is that the …

The first-ever monograph on the history of queer biblical interpretation of a controversial
biblical passage Since the 1950s, homoerotic readings of the pericope in which Jesus heals …

Imagine, if you would, an Enlightenment that takes place in a Europe where there had never
been a Constantine: no fiery sign in the sky, no Battle at the Milvian Bridge, no Nicaea …

Die Schriften des Paulus sind keine systematischen Handlungstheorien. Gleichwohl zeigen
sie wiederkehrende Normen, Begründungsstrukturen und überindividuelle …