The Erotic Word - Sexuality, Spirituality, and the Bible (Paperback, Revised)

Historically, the Bible has been used to drive a wedge between the spirit and the body. In this provocative book, David Carr argues that it can-and should-do just the opposite. Sexuality and spirituality, Carr contends, are intricately interwoven: when one is improverished, the other is warped. As a result, the journey toward God and the life-long engagement with our own sexual embodiment are inseparable. Humans, the Bible tells us, both male and female, were created in God's image, and eros-a fundamental longing for connection that finds abstract good in the pleasure we derive from the stimulation of the senses-is a central component of that image. The Bible, particularly the Hebrew Bible, affirms erotic passion, both eros between humans and eros between God and humans. In a sweeping examination of the sexual rules of the Bible, Carr asserts that Biblical "family values" are a far cry from anything promoted as such in contemporary politics. He concludes that passionate love-our preoccupaton therewith and pursuit thereof-is the primary human vocation, that eros is in fact the flavoring of life.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	March 2005
First published:	2005
Authors:	David M. Carr (Professor of Old Testament/Hebrew Bible)
Dimensions:	234 x 155 x 16mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback
Pages:	222
Edition:	Revised
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-518162-3
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Social sciences > Sociology, social studies > Social institutions > Family & relationships > Sexual relations Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > Christian theology > General Books > Christianity > Christian theology Promotions
LSN:	0-19-518162-X
Barcode:	9780195181623

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