The Sacred Embrace of Jesus and Mary: The Sexual Mystery at the Heart of the Christian Tradition LeLoup Jean-YvesPaperback
An examination of how the teachings of Jesus reveal the essential role of sexuality in spiritual growth and transformationShows that Jesus did not come to redeem humanity from the life of the flesh,…
Specifikacia The Sacred Embrace of Jesus and Mary: The Sexual Mystery at the Heart of the Christian Tradition LeLoup Jean-YvesPaperback
An examination of how the teachings of Jesus reveal the essential role of sexuality in spiritual growth and transformationShows that Jesus did not come to redeem humanity from the life of the flesh, but to honor it as a spiritual pathUses Hebrew, gnostic, and early Christian source texts to reveal the true context of the words attributed to JesusExplores the spiritual and physical relationship shared by Jesus and Mary MagdaleneOf all the major religions, Christianity is the only one that has utterly rejected sexuality as one of the many paths that can lead to enlightenment and salvation. But if Jesus was indeed "the Word made flesh" and serious consideration is given to the mystery of his Incarnation, is it reasonable that physical love would have been prohibited to him?Drawing from the canonical and apocryphal gospels, the Hebrew esoteric tradition, and