Re: fundamentalism

[Deb Briihl]

If I remember correctly, the church was originally focused on getting 
members, so accepted a number of different behaviors - sort of a Hey, you 
are already celebrating X - let's just call it Y instead and it means this 
now. Loads of examples exist, such as Easter (focus on life and rebirth), 
the birth of a child from a virgin, Christmas (and the lights), etc. 
Christmas used to be so bad (drunkenness and so on) that it wasn't 
celebrated in parts of America. So, it is possible that this tolerance did 
exist for a while since the church tolerated a number of other pagan 
behaviors. Form what I understand, the lack of tolerance occurred around 
the same time as lack of tolerance for many other groups (such as Jews). 
Here is a writing from a website that discusses this very issue:
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/pwh/1979boswell.html

The overall Boswell page can be found at:
http://www.fordham.edu/halsall/pwh/index-bos.html
At 11:02 AM 11/17/2004 -0500, you wrote:
The issue of homophobia and the fundamentalists was raised by a student in 
my psych 100 while I was covering sexual orientation this week.  It did 
appear as if he got this from some fundamentalist propaganda sheet, but we 
had a nice discussion.
    Are tipsters aware of any useful books/historical accounts examining 
the rise of fundamentalism and its more fanatical wings (note he did not 
automatically equate the two) in the U.S. as well as other parts of the 
globe?  I want to be better informed as to current and historical 
trends.  The text I am using this term (Franzoi) cites what I presume is 
historical study by Boswell (1980) that homosexuality was tolerated or 
ignored by the early Christian church until the middle ages?  Are there 
other historical accounts supporting this supposed tolerance?
     Also, in discussing sexuality, and years ago teaching a psych of sex 
class, I have found an old quote I believe is from an early Roman 
Catholic author but I am trying to verify it.  My guess is Tertullian 
(sp?) and it goes:   "woman is a temple built over a sewer."  Can anyone 
suggest a resource that might help me pin that down?   Thanks,  Gary


Gerald L. (Gary) Peterson, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology
Saginaw Valley State University
University Center, MI 48710
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Deb
Dr. Deborah S. Briihl
Dept. of Psychology and Counseling
Valdosta State University
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