Religion and sexuality in cross-cultural perspective

Issues of sexuality and gender are hotly contested in both religious communities and national cultures around the world. In the social sciences, religious traditions are often depicted as inherently conservative or even reactionary in their commitments to powerful patriarchal and pronatalist sexual...

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Beteiligte: Green, M. Christian 1968- (HerausgeberIn)
Medienart: Elektronisch Buch
Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Oxfordshire, England New York, New York Routledge 2013
In:Jahr: 2013
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Religion / Sexualität
B Religion / Sexualverhalten / Geschlechterrolle
weitere Schlagwörter:B Aufsatzsammlung
B Electronic books Electronic books
B RELIGION ; Comparative Religion
B Sex Religious aspects
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Zusammenfassung:Issues of sexuality and gender are hotly contested in both religious communities and national cultures around the world. In the social sciences, religious traditions are often depicted as inherently conservative or even reactionary in their commitments to powerful patriarchal and pronatalist sexual norms and gender categories. In illuminating the practices of religious traditions in various cultures, these essays expose the diversity of religious rituals and mythologies pertaining to sexuality. In the process the contributors challenge conventional notions of what is normative in our sexual
Beschreibung:Includes bibliographical references and index. - Print version record
ISBN:1135375887