Christianity and Sexuality

doi:10.1007/978-94-015-7963-6_1

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Christianity and Sexuality

Published 1992 · V. Bullough

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Abstract

Traditional western Christianity was a sex negative religion, regarding sex as necessary for procreation, but emphasizing celibacy as the ideal. This hostility to sex is not so much a part of Biblical Christianity as it is a major component of Christian theology. This was because Christianity appeared in a world dominated by the expansionist Roman Empire which had adopted and incorporated into its own intellectual tradition much of Greek philosophy and ethics.

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Key takeawayWestern Christianity has historically been a sex negative religion, emphasizing celibacy as the ideal and viewing sex as necessary for procreation, but influenced by Greek philosophy and ethics.

PopulationOlder adults (50-71 years)

Sample size24

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OutcomesBody Mass Index projections

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