Ronald Long

Men, Homosexuality, and the Gods (eBook, ePUB)

An Exploration into the Religious Significance of Male Homosexuality in World Perspective

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Men, Homosexuality, and the Gods is an eye-opening look at a representative sampling of religions and their edicts concerning gay sex. This book examines the origins of historic holy directives involving homosexualitywhether forbidden, tolerated, or mandatoryand establishes a link between theology, sex paradigms, and the sensitive issue of masculinity. This intriguing text calls for a new approach to gay rights as a freedom of religion issue and shows how the modern homophile movements are in effect redefining masculinity to obliterate the stigma of being a sexually receptive man. Easy-to-read and free of technical language, this volume is for anyone who has an academic, professional, or personal interest in theology and homosexuality.

The author is available for speaking engagements and can be contacted at [e-mail]

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Taylor & Francis
• Seitenzahl: 198
• Erscheinungstermin: 1. Februar 2013
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781136568237
• Artikelnr.: 38269387

Autorenporträt

Ronald Long

Inhaltsangabe

* 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 Charm
* Men 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
Buddhism
* The 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