SEX AND RELIGION: Contemporary Responses

The fact that human societies from the beginning had a normative approach to everything related to sex and sexuality is indisputable, whether its source was religion or state, or the ‘private’ conscience of an individual. It is also a fact that most of it has been evolving and changing over time. Al...

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Main Author: Chackalackal, Saju (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Dharmaram College 2009
In: Journal of Dharma
Year: 2009, Volume: 34, Issue: 1, Pages: 3-18
Further subjects:B Sex
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