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John Eastburn Boswell (March 20, 1947 – December 24, 1994) was an American historian and a full professor at Yale University. Many of Boswell's studies focused on the issue of religion and homosexuality , specifically Christianity and homosexuality .
John Eastburn Boswell (1947-1994) ranks as one of the most significant scholars in gay and lesbian studies. His career as an historian at Yale University spanned 20 years and he profoundly influenced a generation of students in the fields of medieval history, religious studies, and queer studies.
Dec 31, 2022 · Boswell noted John Chrysostom, the typically severe early Christian cleric, writing in Against the Opponents of Monasic Life that he was shocked by the behavior of Christians around him.
Apr 20, 2022 · He wrote about its vivid portrayal of “the doubt about Jesus that overpowers everyone’s faith during his trial and execution.”. He goes on: The audience, too, believes things have gotten out of his control and all is tragically lost. Throughout the trial one’s hope and faith sink lower and lower.
Mar 2, 2018 · In barely 20 years at Yale, Boswell’s work as a historian managed to set the cat among the pigeons to stupendous effect, through years of meticulous scholarship that, if correct, undermined the...
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John Boswell was perhaps one of the most controversial and influential figures in the fields of the history of sexuality, religious studies, and medieval history in the late twentieth century. Born in 1947 in Boston, he attended the College of William and Mary, and after earning his Ph.D. from Harvard in 1975, he joined the Yale history ...
May 1, 2024 · This article examines the analogy between gays and Jews in John Boswell’s scholarship in order to analyze the role of Jewishness in the construction of the field of history of sexuality.
