Holy Harlots examines the intersections of social marginality, morality, and magic in contemporary Brazil by analyzing the beliefs and religious practices relat

Publication and copyright date on DVD, 2010.

First comprehensive investigation of the major significance of female sinners turned saints in medieval literature.

An explosive first-person account by a young woman who spent 15 years in a sex cult which turned its female devotees into prostitutes, leading strangers to the

A study of the Hebrew term qedesah, meaning "consecrated woman," but translated "prostitute" or "sacred prostitute" in English Bibles. Offers an alternative exp