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Men, Homosexuality, and the Gods : an Exploration into the Religious Significance of Male Homosexuality in World Perspective.
Compare worldwide religious regulations involving gay sex and masculinity! Men, Homosexuality, and the Gods: An Exploration into the Religious Significance of Male Homosexuality in World Perspective is an eye-opening look at the traditions of particular religions and their edicts concerning gay sex....
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Hoboken :
Taylor and Francis,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover; Men, Homosexuality, and the Gods; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Straight Thinking on Some Not-So-Straightforward Matters; Getting Our Bearings; How Shall We Think of Religion?; What of ""Homosexuality""?; Chapter 2. Holy Homosexuality: Of Men and Semen; The Sambians of Papua New Guinea: It Will Make a Man of You; The Taoists of Ancient China and the Preservation of Life; Chapter 3. Holy Homoeroticism: Splendid Men and Splendor Divine; Plato and the World of Ancient Athens; The Platonism of Islamic Sufism.
- Chapter 4. Holy Effeminacy: The Native American Berdache As Living War CharmMen and Manhood; Berdaches: Third-Gendered Persons or Unmanned Men?; Chapter 5. Holy Homophobia in the Hebrew Scriptures; Homophobia and the Fear of Exile; The Fear of Death: Anal Intercourse As ""Unsafe Sex""; The Fear of Disorder: Homosexual Sex As Deformity; Alien Worship, Enemy Ways in War; Whose Body Is It Anyway?; Chapter 6. Early Christianity: A Revolution Aborted?; Paul: Food, Sex, Sin, and Taste; Augustine of Hippo: Sex, Homosexuality, Faith, and Death.
- Chapter 7. The Variegated Lotus: Homosexual Sex and Historical BuddhismThe Nirvanic Transcendence of Desire; Enlightenment and Homosexual Sex in Japan and Tibet; Chapter 8. Struggles on the American Front; A Gay Agenda? And the Social Good; Gay Rights As a Freedom of Religion Issue; The Spiritual Challenge of Contemporary Homophile Movements; Toward a New Poetic of Masculinity; Notes; Bibliography; Index.