Monday, October 18, 2010

Quote of The Day: Margaret Davies on Prostitutes and Capitalists

The Pauline denunciations of prostitution are usually coupled with denunciations of extortion, but churches have usually been more keen to exclude unrepentant prostitutes than 'venture capitalists.'
Margaret Davies, "On Prostitution" in The Bible in Human Society, 1995, p240

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