Love, Sex, Marriage and the Western Church – GI 26 084
2 September 2026 @ 10:00 am - 12:00 pm BST
Tutor: Brian Creese BSc MA
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Since the days when Jesus walked the paths across Galilee and Judea, the Christian Church has been deeply divided about the fundamental human topics of love and sex. This course will seek to both chart the changes in attitudes across the past 2000 years and explore the reasons for it.
This course will look at the Latin church and the prevailing views at four points in the church’s history.
- Roman and Jewish sexual practice at the time of Jesus
- The Growth of Misogyny over the first centuries
- The Gregorian Reformation of the 11th Century
- The Protestant Reformation
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Reformation Memorial, St Mary's Church Oxford via Wikimedia Commons
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About the Speaker
Brian Creese
Brian Creese has been a teacher, video producer, medievalist and academic. He has previously given lectures at The Guildford Institute and ran a course at UCL on Misrepresentation of Data. Brian is a local political activist, keen musician, and former Chair of the Board of Trustees at The Guildford Institute.
Much of Brian’s career has been focused on education; his first job was as a primary school teacher before spending ten years at UCL Institute of Education working at the National Centre for Adult Numeracy and Literacy. He also spent many years working in TV and video as a writer, producer and sound engineer. His qualifications span the arts and sciences, having both a Physics degree and a Masters in Medieval History.
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