Spanning thousands of years, this new collection brings together
writings and teachings about sex, marriage, and family from the
Jewish, Christian, Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, and Confucian
traditions. The volume includes traditional texts as well as
contemporary materials showing how the religions have responded to
the changing conditions and mores of modern life. It reveals the
similarities and differences among the various religions and the
development of ideas and teachings within each tradition.
Selections shed light on each religion's views on a range of
subjects, including sexuality and sexual pleasure, the meaning and
purpose of marriage, the role of betrothal, the status of women,
the place of romance, grounds for divorce, celibacy, and sexual
deviance.
Separate chapters devoted to each religion include introductions
by leading scholars that contextualize the readings. The selections
are drawn from a variety of genres including ritual, legal,
theological, poetic, and mythic texts. The volume contains such
diverse examples as the Zohar on conjugal manners, a contemporary
Episcopalian liturgy for same-sex unions, Qur'anic passages on the
equality of the sexes, the Ka--masu--tra on husbands, wives, and
lovers, Buddhist writings on celibacy, and Confucian teachings on
filial piety.
Contributors include: Michael S. Berger, Emory University;
Azizah Y. al-Hibri, Richmond School of Law; Alan Cole, Lewis and
Clark College; Paul B. Courtright, Emory University; Patricia
Buckley Ebrey, University of Washington; Raja M. El-Habti, Muslim
Women Lawyers for Human Rights; Luke Timothy Johnson, Emory
University; Mark D. Jordan, Emory University
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