# Poisoned Embrace

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- Book: [Poisoned Embrace](https://www.bookquiver.com/lawrence-osborne/poisoned-embrace) ([Poisoned Embrace.md](https://www.bookquiver.com/lawrence-osborne/poisoned-embrace.md))
- Authors: [Lawrence Osborne](https://www.bookquiver.com/lawrence-osborne)
- Publisher: Vintage
- ISBN: 978-06-7975-414-5
- Pages: 260
- Published: 1994-08-30
- Language: en_US
- Binding: Softcover

## Description

The Poisoned Embrace is a provocative investigation into the history of sexual pessimism as it has evolved in Western theology throughout the ages. Since the days of the Early Fathers, sex and...