Volume 75 Issue 1 January 2025

Triptych panel with Saint Sebastian, c. 15th-16th century. Metropolitan Museum of Art. Public Domain.

‘Lower than the Angels’ by Diarmaid MacCulloch review

Lower than the Angels: A History of Sex and Christianity by Diarmaid MacCulloch reminds us that when it comes to sexuality and gender, scripture is often contradictory.

Pepresentatives of the French government at the war crimes trial in Leipzig, 1921. Sueddeutsche Zeitung Photo/Alamy Stock Photo.

The Failure of the Leipzig War Crimes Trials

An attempt to prosecute German war criminals in 1921 failed to such an extent that the entire enterprise is largely forgotten. What went wrong?