Sexuality in the confessional: a sacrament profaned
Auteur :
Haliczer, Stephen
Éditeur :
Oxford University Press Inc
ISBN :
9780195096569
Date de publication :
28 mars 1996
Dimensions :
23,8 x 15,9 x 2,3 cm
Poids :
635 g
Langue :
Anglais
Pays d'origine :
USA
Drawing upon a wealth of actual cases and trial evidence left by the Spanish Inquisition, this work documents the eroticizing of the confessional between 1530 and 1819. It argues that the Counter-Reformation Church actually helped to foster sexual solicitation in the confessional.