Sex and Religion

Sex and Religion is a history and religion podcast exploring how sexuality, belief, power, and doctrine shaped religious traditions, spiritual movements, and sacred institutions across history.Every religion defines sex. Who may have it. Who must avoid it. And what happens when those rules collapse.This podcast traces the long and complicated history of sex in religion, uncovering how desire, celibacy, control, secrecy, and scandal influenced religious law, clergy life, monastic communities, royal theology, and spiritual authority across cultures and centuries.Each episode explores real historical cases involving:Sexual rules and taboos in major religionsClergy, monks, nuns, and forbidden relationshipsSacred marriages and spiritual unionsCelibacy, chastity, and hidden exceptionsPower, sex, and religious authority</