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Love, sex and gender in the world religions / edited by Joseph Runzo and Nancy M. Martin.

Contributor(s): Runzo, Joseph, 1948- | Martin, Nancy M
Material type: TextTextSeries: Library of global ethics and religion: v. 2.Publisher: Oxford, England : Oneworld, [2000]Copyright date: ©2000Description: xvi, 320 pages : illustrations ; 22 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1851682236 (pbk. : alk. paper); 9781851682232 (pbk. : alk. paper)Subject(s): Sex -- Religious aspects | Sex role -- Religious aspectsBibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
The symbolism of sex and the reality of God / Joseph Runzo -- Love's insufficiency: Zen as irritant / William R. LaFleur -- The god of love and the love of God in Christian and Hindu traditions / Julius J. Lipner -- Loving the goddess in Hinduism / Nancy M. Martin -- Taming the powers of desire: love and sex in Jewish culture / Charlotte Elisheve Fonrobert -- Love, sex, and gender embodied: the spirits of Haitian Vodou / Elizabeth McAlister -- Love's sacred grove: H.D.'s poetics of spirituality / Clare B. Fischer -- Toward a general theory of women and religion / Arvind Sharma --The real trouble with Confucianism / Vivian-Lee Nyitray -- Gendered imagery in early Christian theologies of salvation / Karen Jo Torjesen -- Politicizing gender and religion: love for women, love for Islam / Zayn Kassam -- Krishna and the gender of longing / John Stratton Hawley -- The tarnished temple: sex and difference in Christian ethics / Karen Lebacqz -- Reason and orgasm in Tibetan Buddhism / Jeffrey Hopkins -- The erotic as power and the love of God / Carter Heyward.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The symbolism of sex and the reality of God / Joseph Runzo -- Love's insufficiency: Zen as irritant / William R. LaFleur -- The god of love and the love of God in Christian and Hindu traditions / Julius J. Lipner -- Loving the goddess in Hinduism / Nancy M. Martin -- Taming the powers of desire: love and sex in Jewish culture / Charlotte Elisheve Fonrobert -- Love, sex, and gender embodied: the spirits of Haitian Vodou / Elizabeth McAlister -- Love's sacred grove: H.D.'s poetics of spirituality / Clare B. Fischer -- Toward a general theory of women and religion / Arvind Sharma --The real trouble with Confucianism / Vivian-Lee Nyitray -- Gendered imagery in early Christian theologies of salvation / Karen Jo Torjesen -- Politicizing gender and religion: love for women, love for Islam / Zayn Kassam -- Krishna and the gender of longing / John Stratton Hawley -- The tarnished temple: sex and difference in Christian ethics / Karen Lebacqz -- Reason and orgasm in Tibetan Buddhism / Jeffrey Hopkins -- The erotic as power and the love of God / Carter Heyward.

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