Search result for John Portmann

Description: This book examines American popular culture to demonstrate that celebrities have superseded religious figures as moral authorities. As trust...

Description: Friendships between women and gay men captivated the American media in the opening decade of the 21st century. John Portmann places this cur...

Description: Friendships between women and gay men captivated the American media in the opening decade of the 21st century. John Portmann places this cur...

Description: A growing epidemic, Alzheimer’s punishes not only its victims but also those married to them. This book analyzes how Alzheimer’s is quietly ...

Description: This study of Catholicism articulates how theological teachings trickle down from the Vatican and influence decisions about food, marriage, ...

Description: Traces changing conceptions of sin through history and analyzes the role that sin, and our understanding of it, plays society.

Description: Why do people do things that are blatantly bad for them? Think of the falls from grace of Richard Nixon, Gary Hart, Rob Lowe, Martha Stewart...

Description: Considers the contrast between the Vatican's rules governing Catholics and non-Catholics, noting significant dictates involving Catholic sex...

Description: Although many of us deny it, it is not uncommon to feel pleasure over the suffering of others, particularly when we feel that suffering has ...