Category Archives: Gender & Sexuality

Water Is Thicker than Blood: An Augustinian Theology of Marriage and Singlehood

This book considers how homes, households, and domestic life are related to the Church. Early theologies glorified the monastic lifestyle as a way to transcend earthly attachments in favor of supernatural goods. Contemporary thinkers have seen that functioning marriages and … Continue reading

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Women, Family, and Gender in Islamic Law (Themes in Islamic Law)

In what ways has Islamic law discriminated against women and privileged men? What rights and power have been accorded to Muslim women, and how have they used the legal system to enhance their social and economic position? In an analysis … Continue reading

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Behold the Man: Jesus and Greco-Roman Masculinity

In this book, Colleen Conway looks at the construction of masculinity in New Testament depictions of Jesus. She argues that the New Testament writers necessarily engaged the predominant gender ideology of the Roman Empire, whether consciously or unconsciously. Although the … Continue reading

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Hate is the Sin: Putting Faces on the Debate over Human Sexuality

Arguments based in doctrine and scripture over the inclusion of homosexual people within Christian congregations and sacraments have done little to persuade the faithful on either side of this debate. Hate is the Sin: Putting Faces on the Debate over … Continue reading

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The Serpent and the Dove: Celibacy in Literature and Life (Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality)

Richard Sipe, himself a former monk and priest, has made a lifelong venture of determining the reality and meaning of religious celibacy. Even an adequate operational definition of religious celibacy, he says, has been avoided by Catholic hierarchy and scholars … Continue reading

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Religion, Gender, and Culture in the Pre-Modern World (Religion/Culture/Critique)

This book compares shifting formulations of gender, interfaith, and ethnic relations in the Near East, Europe, the Americas, and Africa from antiquity to the nineteenth century. Contributors address three areas in pre-modern gender, religious, and cultural encounters: depictions of homosexual … Continue reading

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Queer Theology: Rethinking the Western Body (BBPG)

Queer Theology makes an important contribution to public debate about Christianity and sex. This remarkable collection reconceptualizes the body and its desires, enlarging the meaningfulness of Christian sexuality for the good of the Church. By divinizing desire, it radicalizes “queer … Continue reading

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Sexual Liberation: The Scandal of Christendom (Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality)

Sex sells, they say, but even today, it is considered forbidden, wrong, or sinful by many in the Western world. This book is an account of the strange ways sexual pleasure has been devalued, even demonized, in the West by … Continue reading

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Sex in the Bible: A New Consideration (Psychology, Religion, and Spirituality)

What is the Bible’s stance on such controversial issues as homosexuality and polygamy? What does it have to say about sexual behaviors that some would deem perverted or criminal? Is sex always wrong if it is not used to create … Continue reading

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Homosexuality and Religion: An Encyclopedia

Few issues today cause more public – and private – debate than the interaction of homosexuality and religion. From the question of gay marriage to the place of gays and lesbians within faith communities, religious leaders and lay members must … Continue reading

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