TY - BOOK ID - 7018626 TI - Book of Gomorrah : An Eleventh-Century Treatise against Clerical Homosexual Practices AU - Peter Damian AU - Payer, Pierre J. PY - 1982 SN - 0889201234 0889208425 9780889208421 1554586631 9780889201231 PB - Waterloo, Ont., Canada : Wilfrid Laurier University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Homosexuality KW - Gay clergy KW - Religious aspects KW - Catholic Church KW - Clergy KW - Sexual behavior KW - -Same-sex attraction KW - Sexual orientation KW - Bisexuality KW - -Catholic Church KW - -Church of Rome KW - Roman Catholic Church KW - Katholische Kirche KW - Katolyt︠s︡ʹka t︠s︡erkva KW - Römisch-Katholische Kirche KW - Römische Kirche KW - Ecclesia Catholica KW - Eglise catholique KW - Eglise catholique-romaine KW - Katolicheskai︠a︡ t︠s︡erkovʹ KW - Chiesa cattolica KW - Iglesia Católica KW - Kościół Katolicki KW - Katolicki Kościół KW - Kościół Rzymskokatolicki KW - Nihon Katorikku Kyōkai KW - Katholikē Ekklēsia KW - Gereja Katolik KW - Kenesiyah ha-Ḳatolit KW - Kanisa Katoliki KW - כנסיה הקתולית KW - כנסייה הקתולית KW - 가톨릭교 KW - 천주교 KW - -Sexual behavior KW - Gay clergy. KW - Catholic Church. KW - Sexual behavior. KW - -Religious aspects KW - -Clergy KW - Same-sex attraction KW - Religious aspects&delete& KW - Church of Rome KW - Homosexuality - Religious aspects - Catholic Church KW - bible and homosexuality. KW - biblical understanding of homosexuality. KW - christian and gay. KW - clerics. KW - gay priests. KW - gomorrah. KW - homosexuality. KW - lgbtq and religion. KW - medieval. KW - priests. KW - queer priests. KW - religious and gay. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:7018626 AB - 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 Book of Gomorrah asks the Pope to take steps to halt the spread of homosexual practices among the clergy. The first part outlines the various forms of homosexual practice, the specific abuses, and the inadequacy of traditional penitential penances, and demands that offenders be removed form their ecclesiastical positions. The second part is an impassioned plea to the offenders to repent of their ways, accept due penance, and cease from homosexual activity. Payer’s is the first translation of the full tract into any language from the original Latin. In his introduction to the tract Payer places The Book of Gomorrah in its context as the first major systematic treatise in the medieval West against various homosexual acts, provides a critique of Peter Damian’s arguments, and outlines his life. The annotated translation is followed by a translation of the letter of Pope Leo IX in reply to Damian’s Treatise, an extensive bibliography, and indexes. The book will be of interest to students of medieval history and religion, to ethicists and students of social mores, and to persons generally concerned with the historical roots of present-day attitudes to homosexuality. ER -