Religion and sexuality : diversity and the limits of tolerance

Book 2015

The relationship between religion and sexuality is often framed as inherently conflictual. But what actually happens when religion and sexuality converge in contemporary contexts? This provocative volume goes beyond the familiar debates over toleration and accomodation to explore the ways in which various forms of religious affliation and sexual identity do, in fact, co-exist. Drawing on interviews and analyzing media representations, legislation...

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Sexuality studies series

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ISBN:

9780774828703
0774828706

Description:

vi, 256 pages ; 24 cm

Other Title:

Diversity and the limits of tolerance

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index

Contents:

Part 1. Religion and the construction of sexual minority rights. Beyond tolerance : sexual diversity and economic justice / Janet R. Jakobsen
"Severely normal" : sexuality and religion in Alberta's Bill 44 / Pamela Dickey Young
"I'm not homophobic, I'm Chinese" : Hong Kong Canadian Christians and the campaign against same-sex marriage / Lee Wing Hin
Part 2. Sexuality and the construction of religious identities. Challenging identity constructs : the debate over the sex education curriculum in Ontario / Heather Shipley
When religion meets sexuality : two tales of intersection / Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip
Women, sex, and the Catholic Church : the implications of domestic violence for reproductive choice / Catherine Holtmann
Part 3. Sexual bodies/religious bodies. The construction of a sexual pedagogy : childhood and saints in Roman Catholic discourse / Donald L. and saints in Roman Catholic discourse / Donald L. Boisvert
Corporeal diversity in the religion of sport : the debate over enhanced bodies / Tracy J. Trothen
Strong spirits, abused bodies : social, and political, and theological reflections / Nancy Nason-Clark

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1356837

Other Authors:

Shipley, Heather, editor
Trothen, Tracy J. (Tracy Joan), 1963- editor
Young, Pamela Dickey, 1955- editor

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