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The Christian view of sex contains multitudes

Diarmaid MacCulloch examines the often radical view of Christianity on marriage, sexuality, celibacy, feminism and gender over the centuries

Marriage scene in a medieval illuminated manuscript. Credit: Bridgeman Images
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  • Lower Than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity

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    Allen Lane, pp. 688, £35

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