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Sexual Disorientations: Queer Temporalities, Affects, Theologies (Transdisciplinary Theological Colloquia)
by Kent L. Brintnall, Joseph A. Marchal, and Stephen D. MooreSexual Disorientations brings some of the most recent and significant works of queer theory into conversation with the overlapping fields of biblical, theological and religious studies to explore the deep theological resonances of questions about the social and cultural construction of time, memory, and futurity. Apocalyptic, eschatological and apophatic languages, frameworks, and orientations pervade both queer theorizing and theologizing about time, affect, history and desire. The volume fosters a more explicit engagement between theories of queer temporality and affectivity and religious texts and discourses.
Sexual Ethics And Islam: Feminist Reflections on Qur'an, Hadith, and Jurisprudence
by Kecia AliIn this lucid and carefully constructed volume, feminist academic Kecia Ali examines classical Muslim texts and tries to evaluate whether a just system of sexual ethics is possible within an Islamic framework.
Sexual Ethics and Islam
by K. AliWhether exploring the thorny issues of wives' sexual duties, divorce, homosexuality, or sex outside marriage, discussions of sexual ethics and Islam often spark heated conflict rather than reasoned argument. In this ground-breaking, lucid, and carefully constructed work, feminist Muslim scholar Dr Kecia Ali asks how one can determine what makes sex lawful and ethical in the sight of God. Drawing on both revealed and interpretative Muslim texts, Ali critiques medieval and contemporary commentators alike to produce a balanced and comprehensive study of a subject both sensitive and urgent, making this an invaluable resource for students, scholars, and interested readers.
Sexual Integrity: Balancing Your Passion With Purity (Hope for the Heart)
by June HuntWhat happens when the temptation to give into premarital sex is stronger than your will to stop? How can you stay pure when overwhelmed by the passion to have sex before marriage? Everyone wants closeness and love, but is joining yourself with someone you're not married to really giving you the kind of love you long for? This handy mini-book, Sexual Integrity: Balancing Your Passion with Purity, helps you find God's guidance and strength as you refrain from sex before marriage. It answers tough questions on sex and marriage with practical and Biblical advice. Doesn't he see that, since we live in a different age than when the Bible was written, it's harder to remain sexually pure? What's important to remember is that there are several examples of people in the Bible, like David, who suffered greatly because he did not have sexual integrity. Author June Hunt's insight and Biblical advice will encourage you to live your life the way God intended so that you can experience sexually intimacy within marriage to the fullest. Be equipped with knowledge on:• 12 Reasons for giving in to sex and how to talk yourself out of it•3 subtle seduction “hooks” to avoid• 5 Bible verses you should know• Where to draw the line: How far is too far?• The no. 1 root cause for not maintaining sexual integrity• 7 myths about sex•Sexually transmitted diseasesYou can have God's power for purity when you trust that his commands will bring you the most joy and satisfaction.Hope for Those WhoAre Trapped by GuiltThough God wants you to wait to have sex within the covenant of marriage, there is forgiveness if you've crossed the line. Sexual Integrity will help you know how and what to pray and what Scripture to memorize to help you have the assurance that God offers grace to all who love him. God can empower you to have victory over the past.
Sexual Intimacy in Marriage
by Sandra Glahn William R. CutrerExpert, biblical answers to tough questionsEvery couple has those questions they don't know how or whom to ask! Sexual Intimacy in Marriage discusses the basics, like the definition of marriage, and the not-so-basic topics, such as achieving sexual pleasure and biblically "OK" sexual activity. It addresses real people in the real world--without compromising God's wonderful purpose and design for his gift of sex.This highly acclaimed, medically and biblically accurate book extensively covers sex in marriage with a sensitivity and frankness that every couple will appreciate. With over 100,000 copies in print, and now in its fourth edition, this best-selling biblically based book for nearly-weds, newly-weds, and truly-weds is the gold standard for Christian intimacy guides."Has greatly benefited our own family and marriage relationship. . . . Marvelously blends the glory of sex with the reality of life."--Dr. Tony and Lois Evans"Scientifically accurate, biblically based, intensely practical, and written with a large dose of humor."--David Stevens, President, Christian Medical & Dental Association"Cutrer and Glahn . . . cut through the fog of partial truths to help newlyweds, soon-to-weds, or couples who have been married for years."--The Dallas/Fort Worth Heritage
Sexual Liberation and Religion in Nineteenth Century Europe (Routledge Library Editions: 19th Century Religion #17)
by J. Michael PhayerThis study, originally published in 1977, demonstrates that a change in mentality in the nineteenth-century drifted from traditional sexual controls and allowed them greater sexual freedom and indulgence. The process occurred in such a way that the proletariat never considered whether their newly found sexual liberation might be in conflict with the moral teachings of the Church. This title will be of interest to students of history and religion.
Sexual Virtue: An Approach to Contemporary Christian Ethics
by Richard W. McCartyRichard W. McCarty offers a compassionate and inclusive conception of sexual virtue, one that liberates Christians from traditional patriarchal requirements for heterosexuality, marriage, and procreation. Daring to depart from ongoing debates about what Aristotle or Aquinas had to say, this book sets a new course centered on virtue ethics. It employs new insights from the sciences, biblical scholarship, analyses of church traditions, and revisionist natural law thinking. Eschewing simple deconstruction of traditional Christian norms for sexual morality, McCarty offers constructive ideas about what might count as real human goods for people in a wide variety of sexual relationships. Recreation, relational intimacy, and selective acts of procreation are three ends of sexual virtue that promote human happiness and can be appreciated in a broad Christian framework. While primarily referencing the Roman Catholic intellectual tradition, McCarty's work is also vital and accessible to those from Protestant backgrounds. Addressed to LGBT and straight readers, Sexual Virtue provides a compassionate sexual ethics for our time.
Sexuality And Sex Therapy: A Comprehensive Christian Appraisal (Christian Association For Psychological Studies)
by Mark Yarhouse Erica TanThe field of human sexuality is one of ever-increasing complexity, particularly for Christian therapists and psychologists seeking to be faithful to Scripture, informed by science and sensitive to culture. In Sexuality and Sex Therapy, Mark Yarhouse and Erica Tan offer a survey and appraisal of this field from a Christian perspective, which grounds sex therapy in the biblical affirmation of physicality and the redemptive purposes of human life. Integrating the latest research within a Christian worldview, the authors explore sexual dysfunctions as well as various clinical issues and treatments. Not only have Yarhouse and Tan written a standard resource for Christian therapists and counselors, but they also challenge the church to talk more honestly and openly about the blessing of human sexuality.
Sexuality And The Black Church: A Womanist Perspective
by Kelly Brown DouglasThis book tackles the "taboo" subject of sexuality that has long been avoided by the Black church and community. Douglas argues that this view of Black sexuality has interfered with constructive responses to the AIDS crisis and teenage pregnancies, fostered intolerance of sexual diversity, frustrated healthy male/female relationships, and rendered Black and womanist theologians silent on sexual issues.
Sexuality and New Religious Movements
by James R. Lewis Edited by Henrik BogdanIssues relating to sexuality, eroticism and gender are often connected to religious beliefs and practices, but also to prejudices against and fear of religious groups that adopt alternative approaches to sexuality. This is especially apparent in connection with new religious movements, which many times find themselves accused by the media and anti-cultists of promoting illicit and controversial views on sexuality. This anthology aims to critically investigate the role of sexuality in a number of new religious movements, including Mormon fundamentalist communities, the Branch Davidians, the Osho movement, the Ra#65533;l movement, contemporary Wicca and Satanism, in addition to the teachings of Adidam and Gurdjieff on sexuality.
Sexuality and Sex Therapy: A Comprehensive Christian Appraisal (Christian Association for Psychological Studies Books)
by Mark A. Yarhouse Erica S. TanSexuality and Sex Therapy
Sexuality and the Catholic Priesthood: The 'Chaste' Caste (Routledge Studies in the Sociology of Religion)
by Marco MarzanoBased on interviews with Roman Catholic seminarians, priests and former priests, as well as with managers of seminaries, teaching staff, psychologists and psychiatrists, this book considers the lives of the clergy, beginning with the period before entering the seminary. With attention to both heterosexual and homosexual relationships – and so addressing the tension that exists between Catholic teaching and the reality of clerical lives – this wide-ranging description of seminary life encompasses many issues which are not strictly sexual or emotional, such as time organisation, the importance of study, hierarchical relations and friendship. Showing that the lives of seminarians – and later, priests – are absorbed in balancing the expectations of their role with their need for an emotional life and with maintaining an independent, free inner self, with the result that celibacy can come to be viewed as a pretence to be upheld scrupulously in the public sphere only, Sexuality and the Catholic Priesthood: The 'Chaste' Caste will appeal to scholars of sociology and religious studies with interests in gender and sexuality, the Catholic Church and priestly vocations.
Sexuality and the Church of England, 1918-1980 (Genders and Sexualities in History)
by Laura RamsayThis book presents an original and archivally rich account of the Church of England’s institutional grappling with matters of sex, relationships, marriage, birth control, and same-sex attraction between 1918 and 1980, uncovering a long and complex history of debates and disagreements that led to its present-day impasse over issues of sexuality. Across a long and previously underexplored chronology, the book examines various ways in which Anglicans shaped and popularised understandings of sex and desire, conceptions of sexual morality, and notions of sexual citizenship. Its account begins in the interwar years when the church exerted a powerful influence on attitudes and approaches towards sex and morality, moves through the challenges of the post-war years when Anglicans continued to debate and construct the new moral landscape of the permissive society, and ends in the late twentieth century when the church’s preferred means of functioning as an agent of mediation ultimately meantit lost pace with new approaches towards sexual identities and relationships. Despite its historically established role in guiding the nation, by the late 1970s, the church had unwittingly painted itself into a corner by provoking internal disputes that it struggled to resolve. As its compromise positions became outdated, the church’s views increasingly fell out of favour and contributed to its gradual demise as a former expert on sexual issues.
Sexuality and the Sacred: Sources for Theological Reflection
by James B. Nelson Sandra P. LongfellowThis volume is rooted in two convictions: (1) sexuality is far more comprehensive and more fundamental to our existence than simply genital sex and (2) sexuality is intended by God to be neither incidental nor detrimental to our spirituality but a fully integrated and basic dimension of that spirituality. The articles address what our sexual experience reveals about God, the way we understand the gospel, and the ways we read Scripture and tradition and attempt to live faithfully.
Sexuality and the World's Religions
by David Machacek Melissa Wilcox Frank Korom<p>What do the world's most important religious texts have to say about one of humanity's favorite activities? Editors David W. Machacek and Melissa M. Wilcox have brought together top scholars in the field of religious studies to ask and answer these critical questions. Carefully researched, elegantly written, and respectfully presented, Sexuality and the World's Religions explores the intersection of the spiritual and the carnal in Buddhism, Christianity, Confucianism, Daoism, Hinduism, Islam, Judaism, and African and Native American spiritual traditions. <p>A separate section explores critical religious and sexual topics in American society, including the role of spirituality in gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender communities; the role of sex in the modern witchcraft community; and the ever thorny problem of religion and sexual liberty. Reconciling sexuality and spirituality in every human soul is one of religion's most important tasks. Students and other readers will find this timely and comprehensive volume of interest in exploring these issues.</p>
Sexuality in Classical South Asian Buddhism
by José Ignacio CabezónA prolific scholar surveys classical Buddhism’s approach to sex, gender, and sexual orientation in this landmark volume.More than twenty-five years in the making, this detailed sourcebook on Buddhist understandings of sexuality, desire, ethics, and deviance in classical South Asia is filled with both engaging translations and original and provocative analysis. Jose Cabezon, the XIVth Dalai Lama Professor at the University of California Santa Barbara, marshals an incredible array of scriptures, legal and medical texts, and philosophical treatises, explaining the subtleties of this ancient literature in lucid prose. This work will be of immense interest not only to scholars of Buddhism and gender studies but also to lay readers who want to learn more about traditional Buddhist attitudes toward sex.
Sexuality in Islam (Routledge Library Editions: Islam #20)
by Abdelwahab BouhdibaBeginning with the Qur’an, Abdelwahab Bouhdiba confronts the question of male supremacy in Islam, and the strict separation of the masculine and the feminine. He gives an account of purification practices, of Islamic attitudes towards homosexuality, concubinage, legal marriage and of the sexual taboos laid down by the Qur’an. He assesses present-day sexual practice, including eroticism, misogyny and mysticism and concludes that the sexual alienation – and even oppression – of modern Muslim women is the result not of the Islamic vision of sexuality, but of social and economic pressures.
Sexuality in the Babylonian Talmud
by Yishai KielWithin this close textual analysis of the Babylonian Talmud, Yishai Kiel explores rabbinic discussions of sex in light of cultural assumptions and dispositions that pervaded the cultures of late antiquity and particularly the Iranian world. By negotiating the Iranian context of the rabbinic discussion alongside the Christian backdrop, this groundbreaking volume presents a balanced and nuanced portrayal of the rabbinic discourse on sexuality and situates rabbinic discussions of sex more broadly at the crossroads of late antique cultures. The study is divided into two thematic sections: the first centers on the broader aspects of rabbinic discourse on sexuality while the second hones in on rabbinic discussions of sexual prohibitions and the classification of permissible and prohibited partnerships, with particular attention to rabbinic discussions of incest. Essential reading for scholars and graduate students of Judaic studies, early Christianity, and Iranian studies, as well as those interested in religious studies and comparative religion.
Sexuality, Sociality, and Cosmology in Medieval Literary Texts
by Jennifer N. Brown Marla SegolThis edited volume contains nine articles exploring medieval sexuality and its relation to cosmological and social ordering. All of our authors analyze literary texts, both religious and secular, using a variety of critical methodologies. These include discourse theory, psychoanalytic criticism, queer theory, masculinity studies, and new historicist methodologies, among others. However, we all begin with the notion that medieval sexuality is distinct from our own conceptions of it, and that the one of the most important factors in considering its difference is its conceptualization in terms of social and cosmological ordering. Medieval people ordered their communities differently than contemporary people do, and they conceptualized their relationship to them based on different cosmological models that the ones we currently use. As a result, they thought of sexuality differently as well. This volume explores the relation between sexuality, social taxonomies, and cosmology in medieval religious and secular literature, as well as the various contemporary methodologies available for conceptualizing this. Its theoretical importance lies in this dual focus, which will render the collection useful to a wide audience of students and teachers of medieval literature, religion and history, as well as to those interested in the history of sexuality generally. "
Sexualtechnische Konsumobjekte und Metamorphosen moderner Sexualitäten: Praktiken, Beziehungsformen, Identitäten, Sozialverhältnisse
by Tino Heim Dominik SchrageDer Sammelband gibt aus den Perspektiven unterschiedlicher Disziplinen und Theorieansätze einerseits Einblicke in grundsätzliche epistemologische und gesellschaftsstrukturelle Kontexte, Bezugsprobleme und Konfliktfelder geben, die für die Konstitution und den Wandel moderner Sexualitäten prägend waren. Andererseits steht die spezifische Frage im Mittelpunkt, wie sexualtechnischen Artefakte und Konsumobjekte dabei neue Praktiken ermöglicht und angereizt haben, wie dies zur Veränderung von Wissensordnungen, Beziehungsformen und Weltverhältnisse beigetragen hat und in welche größeren gesellschaftlichen Zusammenhänge und Transformationsprozesse solch Verschiebungen eingebunden sind: Wie verändert der Gebrauch der Dinge das Körperwissen, die Praxisformen und die Einstellungen zur Sexualität? Mit welchen politisch-ökonomischen und soziokulturellen Regulationsbemühungen, Dynamiken und Kämpfen sind entsprechende materielle Kulturen des Sexuellen und ihr Wandel verwoben? Wo gehen die Expansionen und Liberalisierungen sexueller Möglichkeitsräume mit einer Ausweitung von Freiheitsgraden einher und wo konstituiert dies zugleich neue gesellschaftliche Zwänge?
Seymour, the Formerly Fearful
by Eve B. FeldmanSeymour Goldfarb has a big problem. He's afraid of everything! He dreads roller coasters and the beach. He refuses to go to Camp Sportahama. He won't even learn to ride a bike. Quick thinking helps Seymour hide his fears from the world. But things change the summer his cousin Pessach comes to visit from Israel. Big, confident Pessach is strong and fearless. His idea of a good time is parachuting out of a plane, which he did as an Israeli paratrooper. And he demands that Seymour show him how Americans have fun! How will Seymour ever survive the summer?
Señales, Maravillas y Milagros
by Dr Pensacola H JeffersonSEÑALES, MARAVILLAS Y MILAGROS fueron escritos para ayudar a una persona a ver los que da por sentado. A menudo queremos que Dios se PRUEBE a sí mismo a través de señales, prodigios y milagros, pero no nos damos cuenta, si somos verdaderamente SALVOS, YA hemos experimentado el MILAGRO más grande de todos; Jesucristo. Jesús es la SEÑAL y su Espíritu Santo que mora en nosotros es la MARAVILLA. LA VIDA ETERNA es el MILAGRO supremo. No hiciste nada para ganar, merecer o ser digno de recibir ninguno de estos dones espirituales. Si tienes la salvación, el Espíritu Santo que mora en ti y la vida eterna, ¿quién te dio estas cosas? La biblia dice que no vinieron de ti ni de ningún otro ser humano, sino que TODOS son dones sobrenaturales de Dios. Si son REGALOS de Dios son MILAGROS. MILAGROS que se han vuelto tan comunes que nos volvemos complacientes con ellos.
Señor, líbrame de mis padres
by Mark MatlockLo mismo para los adolescentes que para los padres, la idea de poder relacionarse correctamente unos con otros parece una utopía. Algunos piensan que es una misión imposible. Puede ser que se lleven bien la mayor parte del tiempo o que choquen los unos con los otros todo el tiempo. Señor, ¡líbrame de mis padres! te ayudará a entender ambas partes mucho mejor. Mark Matlock te dará una visión correcta y podrás comprender las dinámicas de las relaciones con tus padres. Obtendrás las herramientas idóneas para interactuar mejor con ellos. El resultado de leer este libro será una nueva perspectiva y una mejor y mucho más saludable relación con tus padres.
Sh#t Your Ego Says: Strategies To Overthrow Your Ego And Become The Hero Of Your Story
by James McCrae"Don’t read this book," your Ego says."Your life could change. And that scares me."Sometimes our worst failures lead to our greatest transformation.In 2012, James McCrae left behind a comfortable life in Minnesota and a successful career in advertising to move to New York City and pursue his dreams of being a writer. Soon after he arrived, Hurricane Sandy ripped through the eastern seaboard. New York City was underwater, and James —jobless and running out of money —was suddenly homeless. Fleeing to the island of Culebra for refuge, James sat alone on Flamenco Beach while his greatest doubts and insecurities rose to the surface. What he discovered was his Ego —and it had a lot of sh#t to say.This story of adventure, redemption, and transformation reminds us that we all have two voices inside us: the Ego and the Higher Self. The Ego is our reactive, attached mind that tells us we’re victims of circumstance. The Higher Self is our source of intuition and imagination that reminds us we’re the creators of our reality. Sh#t Your Ego Says exposes the battle between these voices.With arresting honesty and candid, compelling prose, James takes you through practical strategies for overthrowing your Ego and reclaiming a life of creativity and freedom. Whether you’re looking to achieve meaningful career success, improve your relationships, or unlock your imagination, this book provides a no-nonsense roadmap to living with purpose.
Sh*t the Moon Said: A Story of Sex, Drugs, and Ayahuasca
by Gerard Powell"It was during my eighth or ninth plant medicine journey that I was finally getting a real sense of freedom. I was feeling so elated that I told the moon I had a special request. I explained that this life had been so full of pain for me that I didn't think I could do it all again. So I asked her if in my next life she could make sure that I found the plant medicine as soon as possible. Her reply floored me. She typed, ‘Gerry, that's a request about next time, but it's the same one you used last time.'" Plant medicine? The moon typing? It probably seems incomprehensible. Gerard Armond Powell was a rags-to-riches success story—a member of the 1 percent—but also an extremely unhappy person with multiple addictions. On a fast track to destroying every relationship that ever mattered to him and considering suicide, he was looking for a miracle, a way out. He found it in the form of plant medicine and a shaman who introduced him to the truth of his life, and laid the groundwork for a psycho-spiritual journey that would lead him to reconnect with his soul, heal his addictions, and, finally, achieve a lasting sense of peace and happiness. This experience changed Powell, and convinced him to share the universal truths he learned with as many people as he could, which he does at the acclaimed Rythmia Life Advancement Center in Costa Rica, and now with readers in Sh*t the Moon Said. This mesmerizing story gives readers a blueprint to chart their own course to happiness. The first step is to learn who they really are and the possibilities of what they can still become. Second, they have to achieve a reconnection with their souls. And third, they must heal their hearts. Sh*t the Moon Said provides us with an irreverent way of highlighting our shared unconscious wisdom and its life-changing potential. Powell's candid tale and unlikely journey will help inspire readers to know themselves better, and to find the path to their own greatest redemption.