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In Defense of Sin

3.20 avg rating — 30 ratings — published 2001 — 4 editions
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A History of Sin: How Evil ...

liked it 3.00 avg rating — 14 ratings — published 2007
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When Bad Things Happen to O...

3.08 avg rating — 13 ratings — published 1999 — 13 editions
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Sex and Heaven: Catholics i...

4.33 avg rating — 3 ratings — published 2003 — 3 editions
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Bad for Us: The Lure of Sel...

2.25 avg rating — 4 ratings — published 2004 — 2 editions
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Catholic Culture in the USA...

liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2009 — 6 editions
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Women and Gay Men in the Po...

liked it 3.00 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 2016 — 3 editions
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The Ethics of Sex and Alzhe...

it was amazing 5.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 2013 — 9 editions
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Celebrity Morals and the Lo...

it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings6 editions
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A History of Sin: Its Evolu...

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“It is a bad idea to fixate on the wedding day while neglecting the rest of a marriage in which an initial virgin may stray into illicit beds. A onetime sexual tiger who becomes monogamous ( through sheer force of will or love) in marriage may deserve quite a bit more applause than the wedding-day virgin who later strays.”
John Portmann, A History of Sin: How Evil Changes, But Never Goes Away

“It is now illegal in the United States to perform genital alteration on female minors, no matter how minimal the surgery or how safe and sanitary the procedure. Newborn male genital alteration, however, is an accepted procedure in the United States.”
John Portmann, A History of Sin: How Evil Changes, But Never Goes Away

“I also argue that sin (or at least our thinking about it) has evolved significantly since the 1950s and continues to do so, such that Fidel Castro’s confident cri de Coeur from the early 1960’s, “History will absolve me,” could work today for a great many religious Jews and Christians wrestling with their conscience.”
John Portmann, A History of Sin: How Evil Changes, But Never Goes Away



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