Sex and the Church

Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch explores how Christianity has shaped western attitudes to sex, gender and sexuality throughout history

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Ended

Original Name

Sex and the Church

First Air Date

April 10, 2015

Last Air Date

April 17, 2015

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Episodes

Language

English

Production Companies

BBC

Networks

BBC Two

S01E02

Sexual Revolution

Professor Diarmaid MacCulloch continues his exploration of how Christianity has shaped western attitudes to sex, gender and sexuality through history. Travelling from the north east of England to Germany and Italy, he explains how the Christian Church took control of marriage in the 11th century, turning a civil institution into a sacred rite of Christianity. And he reveals how the Protestant Reformation launched a sexual revolution.

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