This analysis of the relationship between male homosexuality and Catholicism examines the Church's language about sexual morality and the rhetorical devices used to actively produce silence about the topic. The author draws analogies between clerical institutions and gay culture.
The award-winning author of "The Invention of Sodomy in Christian Theology" questions how the Catholic Church can be homophobic as well as homoerotic as he provides a deeply learned yet entirely readable study of the relationship between male homosexuality and Catholicism.