Bloomsbury Reader in Religion, Sexuality and Gender
Bloomsbury Reader in Religion, Sexuality and Gender How do religion, gender and sexuality interact? The Bloomsbury Reader in Religion, Sexuality and Gender brings together, for the first time, the…
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Bloomsbury Reader in Religion, Sexuality and Gender
How do religion, gender and sexuality interact? The Bloomsbury Reader in Religion, Sexuality and Gender brings together, for the first time, the key texts in the field. How have they impacted, and continue to impact, human culture?
Each considers, from a thematic perspective, the ways in which people have made sense of their religious and sexual experiences, the ways they imagine and talk about gender, sex and the sacred, and the multiple meanings they ascribe to them. Designed as a textbook for use in a classroom setting, it offers thought-provoking selections of some of the most compelling and timely readings available today.The Reader is divided into three parts (bodies; desires; performances). Traditions represented include indigenous spiritualities, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Asian traditions and new religious movements.
Some readings are more theoretical or