Introduction : why 'vile bodies'?
Some ancient Hebrew bodies : the vilification begins
Some more Hebrew bodies : divine violence and human misogyny
Some New Testament bodies : bodies in the gospels
Some more New Testament bodies : bodies in the gospels
Yet more New Testament bodies : more roots of sexism and homophobia
A virginal body? : Mary uncovered
Conceiving bodies : the roots of contemporary culture wars
Pure bodies : regulating sex
Regulating bodies : penitent, plain, passionless
Mystical bodies : the flight from sensuality
Enslaved bodies : slavery affirmed and justified
Disgusting male bodies : leaky and loathsome
Tortured and enclosed bodies : misogyny erupts
Perpetually inferior bodies : Jews and Muslims
'Oriental' bodies : colonized, lynched and traumatized
Spousal bodies : not what they seem?
Desiring bodies : making friends with eros
Queer bodies : harmed yet hopeful?
The church : a vile body?
Abused bodies : abusive theology
Glorious bodies : loving in the afterlife, loving after all.
