sodomy and usury

On June 24, 2013 someone unknown to us, writing under the name “Jonathan Doyle,” submitted a comment on our Dec. 27, 2012 post, “Debate online over ‘Usury in Christendom.”  We published this person’s comment which can be found below the original post, (comment #17) at this link: http://revisionistreview.blogspot.com/2012/12/debate-online-over-usury-in-christendom.htmlWhat follows is our rejoinder.Hoffman Contra DoyleJONATHAN DOYLE WRITES:...my overall impression is that M.

Sex, Economics, and AusterityBy Jeet Heer The American Prospect http://prospect.org/article/sex-economics-and-austerityMay 7, 2013 [Excerpt]...Historically, attempts to prohibit sodomy (defined broadly as non-procreative sex) have had an economic dimension as well as a moral one. Economics, for the ancient Greeks, was household management (oikonomia being the Greek counterpart to our word husbandry).