This interdisciplinary volume recontextualises biblical texts to explore how the relationship between sex/gender, power, and religion is constructed to produce a rape culture, linking religious history with contemporary conflicts to show the enduran...Lasīt vairāk
Attitudes towards divorce have changed considerably over the past two centuries. As society has moved away from a Biblical definition of marriage as an indissoluble union, to that of an individual and personal relationship, secular laws have evolved...Lasīt vairāk
Provides a much-needed overview of the state of scholarship on Christian theological reflection on sexuality. An international set of contributors offer a range of perspectives, including work from beyond the traditional boundaries of theological sc...Lasīt vairāk
Focusing on everyday practices of marriage in two very different contexts: Argentina and England, this book considers how Christian understandings of marriage as a covenant or sacrament relate to the lived experience of marriage....Lasīt vairāk
Issues of homosexuality are the subject of public and political controversy in many African societies today. This book investigates Christian politics and discourses on homosexuality in sub-Saharan Africa. The contributors present case studies from...Lasīt vairāk
This book explores the idea that shame has historically been, and continues to be, used by an oftentimes patriarchal Christian Church as a mechanism to control and regulate female sexuality and to displace mens ambivalence about sex. It is a fresh t...Lasīt vairāk
Structured as a spiritual and literary journey, this book moves from models of the institutional Catholic Church into more radical and ambiguous textual spaces, which the author creates by bringing together an unorthodox group of thinkers referred t...Lasīt vairāk
Queer Theologies: The Basics is a concise and illuminating introduction to the study of this controversial and discursive subject area. This book provides an accessible exploration into the major themes within queer studies, queer theologies, and th...Lasīt vairāk
Advancing Sexual Health for the Christian Client is an essential toolkit for professionals working at the intersection of Christian belief and sexual health. In this book, Beverly Dale and Rachel Keller deconstruct potentially harmful Christian beli...Lasīt vairāk
Originally published in 1956, this survey of the interpretations of sex by the major figures in Christian thought and in psychoanalysis made an important contribution to the re-thinking of our sexual morality at the time....Lasīt vairāk
The United Methodist Church has been in conflict over lesbian/gay/bisexual/transgender inclusion issues since 1972. In this groundbreaking book, Udis-Kessler examines this struggle, analyzing both sides of this divisive debate among one of the most...Lasīt vairāk
Sērija : Oxford Handbooks in Religion and Theology
(Izdošanas datums: 30-Oct-2014, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press, ISBN-13: 9780191756832)
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the theological study of sexuality and gender. It features sections on biblical, scientific, philosophical, historical, theological, and ethical understandings of sexuality and gender....Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 26-Jun-2014, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780199363988)
Samuel Kimbriel advocates a return to an antique and particularly Christian philosophical habit--the befriending of wisdom--in which knowledge is taken to be a kind of communion with God....Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 15-May-2014, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780199991044)
Joy A. Schroeder explores centuries of Jewish and Christian interpretations of the biblical story of Deborah, an authoritative judge, prophet, and war leader....Lasīt vairāk
(Izdošanas datums: 17-Jan-2013, Izdevniecība: Oxford University Press Inc, ISBN-13: 9780199734559)
Analyzing the biblical material in light of recent archaeological discoveries about rural village life in ancient Palestine, Meyers depicts Israelite women as strong and significant actors within their families and society....Lasīt vairāk
