Background
Allen, Peter Lewis was born on June 5, 1957 in New York City. Son of Alvin Allen and Barbara Rapoport (Grossman) Taylor.
( Near the end of the century, a new and terrifying disea...)
Near the end of the century, a new and terrifying disease arrives suddenly from a distant continent. Infecting people through sex, it storms from country to country, defying all drugs and medical knowledge. The deadly disease provokes widespread fear and recrimination; medical authorities call the epidemic "the just rewards of unbridled lust"; a religious leader warns that "God has raised up new diseases against debauchery." The time was the 1490s; the place, Europe; the disease, syphilis; and the religious leader was none other than John Calvin. Throughout history, Western society has often viewed sickness as a punishment for sin. It has failed to prevent and cure diseases—especially diseases tied to sex—that were seen as the retribution of a wrathful God. The Wages of Sin, the remarkable history of these diseases, shows how society's views of particular afflictions often heightened the suffering of the sick and substituted condemnation for care. Peter Allen moves from the medieval diseases of lovesickness and leprosy through syphilis and bubonic plague, described by one writer as "a broom in the hands of the Almighty, with which He sweepeth the most nasty and uncomely corners of the universe." More recently, medical and social responses to masturbation in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries and AIDS in the twentieth round out Allen's timely and erudite study of the intersection of private morality and public health. The Wages of Sin tells the fascinating story of how ancient views on sex and sin have shaped, and continue to shape, religious life, medical practice, and private habits.
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Allen, Peter Lewis was born on June 5, 1957 in New York City. Son of Alvin Allen and Barbara Rapoport (Grossman) Taylor.
Bachelor in English and Classics, Haverford College, 1978. Master of Arts in Comparative Literature, University Chicago, 1979. Data Envelopment Analysis French and Comparative Literature, University Poitiers, France, 1982.
Doctor of Philosophy in Comparative Literature, University Chicago, 1984. Master of Business Administration, University Pennsylvania Wharton School, Philadelphia, 2000.
Vice president Aero Research Associates, New York City, 1981—1986. Associate senior editor and director new knowledge initiatives Strategy Learning Core Team, 2000—2007. From assistant to associate professor Pomona College, Claremont, California, 1986—1998.
Scholar in residence College Physicians of Philadelphia, 1996—1997. Associate McKinsey & Company, New York City, 1999—2002. Director Google U./Inc., since 2007.
Lecturer Princeton University, New Jersey, 1984—1986. Mellon fellow University Southern California, Los Angeles, 1991—1992. Visiting scholar American Academy Rome, 2004.
( Near the end of the century, a new and terrifying disea...)
Member Congregation Beth Simchat Torah and Congregation Shaar Zahav. Board directors Chekhov Theatre Ensemble, 1997—1999, Reaching Out Gay and Lesbian Master of Business Administration Conference, since 1999. Member of Phi Beta Kappa.