Love, Sex and Gender in the World Religions

Name: Love, Sex and Gender in the World Religions
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ISBN: 9781851682232

ISBN-10: 1851682236

ISBN-13: 9781851682232

Edition: 2000

Authors: Nancy M. Martin, Joseph Runzo

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This volume brings together some of the most distinguished thinkers in the field of theology to examine gender politics, religious ecstasy, eroticism and desire and their role in the world's religions.

Book details

List price: $33.00
Copyright year: 2000
Publisher: Oneworld Publications
Publication date: 8/31/2000
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 336
Size: 5.50" wide x 8.50" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 0.880
Language: English



List of Illustrations


List of Contributors


Acknowledgments


Introduction


The Symbolism of Sex and the Reality of God



Love's Insufficiency: Zen as Irritant



The God of Love and the Love of God in Christian and Hindu Traditions



Loving the Goddess in Hinduism



Taming the Powers of Desire: Love and Sex in Jewish Culture



Love, Sex, and Gender Embodied: The Spirits of Haitian Vodou



Love's Sacred Grove: H.D.'s Poetics of Spirituality



Toward a General Theory of Women and Religion



The Real Trouble with Confucianism



Gendered Imagery in Early Christian Theologies of Salvation



Politicizing Gender and Religion: Love for Women, Love for Islam



Krishna and the Gender of Longing



The Tarnished Temple: Sex and Difference in Christian Ethics



Reason and Orgasm in Tibetan Buddhism



The Erotic as Power and the Love of God



Suggested Further Reading


Index