Sins Against Nature

Author : Zeb Tortorici
Publisher : Duke University Press Books
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 46,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 0822371324

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In Sins against Nature Zeb Tortorici explores the prosecution of sex acts in colonial New Spain (present-day Mexico, Guatemala, the US Southwest, and the Philippines) to examine the multiple ways bodies and desires come to be textually recorded and archived. Drawing on the records from over three hundred criminal and Inquisition cases between 1530 and 1821, Tortorici shows how the secular and ecclesiastical courts deployed the term contra natura—against nature—to try those accused of sodomy, bestiality, masturbation, erotic religious visions, priestly solicitation of sex during confession, and other forms of "unnatural" sex. Archival traces of the visceral reactions of witnesses, the accused, colonial authorities, notaries, translators, and others in these records demonstrate the primacy of affect and its importance to the Spanish documentation and regulation of these sins against nature. In foregrounding the logic that dictated which crimes were recorded and how they are mediated through the colonial archive, Tortorici recasts Iberian Atlantic history through the prism of the unnatural while showing how archives destabilize the bodies, desires, and social categories on which the history of sexuality is based.

Author : Zeb Tortorici
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 344 pages
File Size : 48,8 Mb
Release : 2018-06-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780822371625

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Sins against Nature by Zeb Tortorici Pdf

In Sins against Nature Zeb Tortorici explores the prosecution of sex acts in colonial New Spain (present-day Mexico, Guatemala, the US Southwest, and the Philippines) to examine the multiple ways bodies and desires come to be textually recorded and archived. Drawing on the records from over three hundred criminal and Inquisition cases between 1530 and 1821, Tortorici shows how the secular and ecclesiastical courts deployed the term contra natura—against nature—to try those accused of sodomy, bestiality, masturbation, erotic religious visions, priestly solicitation of sex during confession, and other forms of "unnatural" sex. Archival traces of the visceral reactions of witnesses, the accused, colonial authorities, notaries, translators, and others in these records demonstrate the primacy of affect and its importance to the Spanish documentation and regulation of these sins against nature. In foregrounding the logic that dictated which crimes were recorded and how they are mediated through the colonial archive, Tortorici recasts Iberian Atlantic history through the prism of the unnatural while showing how archives destabilize the bodies, desires, and social categories on which the history of sexuality is based.

Author : Federico Garza Carvajal
Publisher : University of Texas Press
Page : 342 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2010-01-01
Category : History
ISBN : 9780292779945

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Butterflies Will Burn by Federico Garza Carvajal Pdf

As Spain consolidated its Empire in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries, discourses about the perfect Spanish man or "Vir" went hand-in-hand with discourses about another kind of man, one who engaged in the "abominable crime and sin against nature"—sodomy. In both Spain and Mexico, sodomy came to rank second only to heresy as a cause for prosecution, and hundreds of sodomites were tortured, garroted, or burned alive for violating Spanish ideals of manliness. Yet in reality, as Federico Garza Carvajal argues in this groundbreaking book, the prosecution of sodomites had little to do with issues of gender and was much more a concomitant of empire building and the need to justify political and economic domination of subject peoples. Drawing on previously unpublished records of some three hundred sodomy trials conducted in Spain and Mexico between 1561 and 1699, Garza Carvajal examines the sodomy discourses that emerged in Andalucía, seat of Spain's colonial apparatus, and in the viceroyalty of New Spain (Mexico), its first and largest American colony. From these discourses, he convincingly demonstrates that the concept of sodomy (more than the actual practice) was crucial to the Iberian colonizing program. Because sodomy opposed the ideal of "Vir" and the Spanish nationhood with which it was intimately associated, the prosecution of sodomy justified Spain's domination of foreigners (many of whom were represented as sodomites) in the peninsula and of "Indios" in Mexico, a totally subject people depicted as effeminate and prone to sodomitical acts, cannibalism, and inebriation.

Author : Judi Nath
Publisher : McFarland
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2021-11-08
Category : Science
ISBN : 9781476686394

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Sins Against Science by Judi Nath Pdf

Misinformation has had dramatic and dangerous effects, as evidenced by numerous events of the late 2010s and early 2020s. Reading a steady stream of misinformation leads to distrust, potentially leading to conflict in one's family and workplace, and even to civil unrest. At the heart of many such matters is scientific illiteracy. Many people enjoy a life of ease and convenience because of science--and since science also crosses courtrooms, classrooms and cultures, it has great potential to debunk misinformation and untangle the confusion on such issues as vaccines, sexual identity, race and evolution, alternative medicine, and human reproduction. This book addresses those issues and the popular stories, conspiracies, and misleading headlines that circulate across media platforms. Bringing accurate knowledge into people's agendas is challenging, and this book uses science and facts as a basis of every deliberation over laws and policies. The chapters weave together history, politics, human biology, and law, and demonstrate how our lives are dependent on understanding the nature of things.

Author : Charles E. Curran
Publisher : Georgetown University Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2008-04-11
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781589012912

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Catholic Moral Theology in the United States by Charles E. Curran Pdf

In this magisterial volume Charles E. Curran surveys the historical development of Catholic moral theology in the United States from its 19th century roots to the present day. He begins by tracing the development of pre-Vatican II moral theology that, with the exception of social ethics, had the limited purpose of training future confessors to know what actions are sinful and the degree of sinfulness. Curran then explores and illuminates the post-Vatican II era with chapters on the effect of the Council on the scope and substance of moral theology, the impact of Humanae vitae, Pope Paul VI's encyclical condemning artificial contraception, fundamental moral theology, sexuality and marriage, bioethics, and social ethics. Curran's perspective is unique: For nearly 50 years, he has been a major influence on the development of the field and has witnessed first-hand the dramatic increase in the number and diversity of moral theologians in the academy and the Church. No one is more qualified to write this first and only comprehensive history of Catholic moral theology in the United States.

Author : Thomas H. McCall
Publisher : Crossway
Page : 385 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2019-06-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781433565229

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Against God and Nature by Thomas H. McCall Pdf

Without a proper understanding of sin, there can never be a proper understanding of the gospel. Sin is opposed both to God's will and to nature, leaving us in need of God's grace and redemption. This comprehensive exploration of the doctrine of sin looks at what the Bible teaches about sin's origin, nature, and consequences, engaging with historical and contemporary movements. Dealing with difficult issues such as original sin, angelic sin, corporate sin, greater and lesser sins, and more, this book ends with a discussion on divine grace, which is the only hope for the problem of sin.

Author : Bron Taylor
Publisher : A&C Black
Page : 1927 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2008-06-10
Category : Reference
ISBN : 9781441122780

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Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature by Bron Taylor Pdf

The Encyclopedia of Religion and Nature, originally published in 2005, is a landmark work in the burgeoning field of religion and nature. It covers a vast and interdisciplinary range of material, from thinkers to religious traditions and beyond, with clarity and style. Widely praised by reviewers and the recipient of two reference work awards since its publication (see www.religionandnature.com/ern), this new, more affordable version is a must-have book for anyone interested in the manifold and fascinating links between religion and nature, in all their many senses.

Author : Mark D. Jordan
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1998-10-15
Category : Psychology
ISBN : 0226410404

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The Invention of Sodomy in Christian Theology by Mark D. Jordan Pdf

In this reexamination of what it means to have a tradition, Catholic and otherwise, Mark D. Jordan offers a powerful and provocative study of the sin of erotic love between men. The Invention of Sodomy reveals the theological fabrication of arguments for categorizing genital acts between members of the same sex.

Author : Lawrence Dewan
Publisher : Fordham Univ Press
Page : 711 pages
File Size : 42,6 Mb
Release : 2008
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9780823227969

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Wisdom, Law, and Virtue by Lawrence Dewan Pdf

This title focuses on morals, how human beings should live their lives. The essays included treat the history of philosophy as a development that proceeds by deepening appreciation of basic questions rather than the constant replacement of one worldview by another.

Author : Jeremy Taylor,Reginald Heber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 526 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1822
Category : Theology
ISBN : OXFORD:300149912

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The rule of conscience by Jeremy Taylor,Reginald Heber Pdf

Author : Jeremy Taylor,Reginald Heber
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 522 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 1828
Category : Theology
ISBN : HARVARD:HNH7NJ

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The Whole Works of the Right Rev. Jeremy Taylor by Jeremy Taylor,Reginald Heber Pdf

Author : Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 544 pages
File Size : 54,5 Mb
Release : 1828
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OXFORD:600106012

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The whole works of ... Jeremy Taylor, with a life of the author and a critical examination of his writings by R. Heber by Jeremy Taylor (bp. of Down and Connor.) Pdf

Author : Jeremy Taylor
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 42,8 Mb
Release : 1822
Category : Electronic
ISBN : BL:A0024354640

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The Whole Works of ... Jeremy Taylor ... With a Life of the Author, and a Critical Examination of His Writings, by Reginald Heber by Jeremy Taylor Pdf

Author : Thomas Goodwin
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 584 pages
File Size : 54,9 Mb
Release : 1862
Category : Puritans
ISBN : HARVARD:32044038505335

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The Works of Thomas Goodwin by Thomas Goodwin Pdf

Author : Karma Lochrie
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 306 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2012-05-28
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 081220719X

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Covert Operations by Karma Lochrie Pdf

Selected by Choice magazine as an Outstanding Academic Book In Covert Operations, Karma Lochrie brings the categories and cultural meanings of secrecy in the Middle Ages out into the open. Isolating five broad areas—confession, women's gossip, medieval science and medicine, marriage and the law, and sodomitic discourse—Lochrie examines various types of secrecy and the literary texts in which they are played out. She reads texts as central to Middle English studies as the "Parson's Tale," the "Miller's Tale," the Secretum Secretorum, and Sir Gawain and the Green Knight as well as a broad range of less familiar works, including a gynecological treatise and a little-known fifteenth-century parody in which gossip and confession become one. As she does so she reveals a great deal about the medieval past—and perhaps just as much about the early development of the concealments that shape the present day.