"Adam and Eve Expelled From Eden," engraving by Julius Schnorr von Carolsfeld (March 26, 1794 - May 24, 1872) (Getty Images) MacCulloch declares that “there is no such thing as a Christian theology of ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Not that MacCulloch rages himself, though he’s occasionally moved to dismay by the many cruelties, from petty to gruesome, ...

When he was a small boy, Diarmaid MacCulloch's parents used to drive him round historic churches. Little did they know that they had created a monster, with the history of the Christian Church ...

Historian MacCulloch (Christianity) notes in this sweeping study of Christian sexuality that the teachings of Jesus contain numerous heterodox statements regarding sex and gender. These include his ...

Historian Diarmaid MacCulloch, the prize-winning Oxford emeritus professor behind several books and popular BBC series, suspects his often-surprising new book, Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex ...

LOWER THAN THE ANGELS: A History of Sex and Christianity. By Diarmaid MacCulloch. Viking. 688 pages. $40. In matters of faith and its practice, voices of moderation are seldom well-received, let alone ...