No book by Mark D. Jordan will ever see a "Nihil Obstat" on its copyright page. In that spirit, Jordan nails his 9.5 Theses on our virtual door. "A thought-provoking and guaranteed-to-be-controversial analysis of a perpetually troubling issue within the Roman Catholic Church."Booklist "Here the reader will find knowledgeable and generally dispassionate observations melded with the sensitivity and insight that a gay man can bring to the table. If homosexuality is the guest that refuses to leave the table, Jordan has at least shed light on why that is and in the process made the whole issue, including a conflicted Catholic Church, a little more understandable."Larry B. Stammer, Los Angeles Times "What Jordan accomplishes is nothing less than brilliant, giving readers with open minds a better appreciation of the intrinsic homosexual fixation, as well as homoerotic imagination of the Roman Catholic church. His scholarship deserves serious consideration by faithful Catholics in America."Chuck Colbert, National Catholic Reporter "A brilliant and incisive work. . . . Some will find Jordan's description of homosocial clerical culture distressingly familiar; others may find it tasteless, shocking, and sensationalist. But as Jordan insists, factsand the rhetorical devices used to conceal themneed to be unmasked. Jordan's book offers a clear, candid and courageous discussion of homosexuality in modern Catholicism."Nathan D. Mitchell, author of Cult and Controversy |
9.5 Theses on Homosexuality in Modern Catholicism
by Mark D. Jordan, author of The Silence of Sodom Thesis 1. The Roman Catholic church has long been both fiercely homophobic and intensely homoerotic. | |
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