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The common goal of the contributors is to illuminate sexuality as a crucial site of conflict and dissent both within and between religious traditions. Thus, we have a collection of ten essays on themes emerging from the social scientific study of religion and sexuality in an array of cultural contexts. Together the essays examine four themes: 1) fecundism as an ideology of reproduction, 2) sexual identity and the life cycle, 3) binary sexual categories, and 4) relations of power and domination.
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
Hospitality is something of a modern paradox. On the one hand,
hospitality connotes a nicety or pleasantry easily undervalued as a
ritual or formality devoid of epistemological or ethical content.
On the other hand, the rise in international conflict and violence,
the decline of civil speech, and the increased hostility toward
immigrants points to the dire need for hospitable responses to
mitigate tensions. Hospitality represents a further paradox for
feminism. Historically, women have been saddled with
disproportionate responsibility for hospitality and have also been
treated as unwelcome guests in so many arenas. For these reasons,
feminists have good reason to be wary of addressing hospitality.
Yet, feminist theory has taken the lead on developing ontological,
epistemological, and ethical approaches to connectedness and
relationality such that addressing hospitality appears to be an
appropriate extrapolation. Feminism and Hospitality is a collection
that negotiates amidst these intriguing paradoxes. Feminism and
Hospitality: Gender in the Host/Guest Relationship is the first
collection of original works to bring a feminist analysis to issues
and theories of personal, political, economic, and artistic
hospitality. Furthermore, because feminist theorists have brought
so much attention to the nature of human relationships, this volume
employs a fresh analysis beyond the tradition in political theory.
Security is a key topic of our time. But how do we understand it?
Do law and religion take different views of it? In this fifth
volume in the Law and Religion in Africa series, radicalisation,
terrorism, blasphemy, hate speech, religious freedom and just war
theories rub shoulders with issues of witchcraft, female genital
mutilation circumcision, child marriage, displaced communities and
additional issues besides. This unique collection of topics is both
challenging and inspiring, providing illumination in troubled
times, and forming a sound foundation for future scholarship.
What is heritage in Africa? Who defines and authorises heritage? Is
heritage limited to tangible forms of land, resources and
monuments, or do intangible forms of heritage, such as cultural and
religious heritage, count equally or even more? How is heritage
managed, appropriated, expropriated and commodified by the
government and state, by heritage experts and professionals, and by
religious and ethnic groups in service of cultural and tourism
industries and in the construction of national and other group
identities? How is heritage shaped by Africa’s religious and ethnic
pluralism, its colonial past and its postcolonial trajectories?
Finally, how can heritage serve as a means toward social, cultural
and political development? These are just some of the many issues
and questions addressed in this volume by scholars in law, religion
and related fields.
This reference book studies the script, art, and culture of the
early Arabic Kufic calligraphy. It presents around hundred
historical stone inscriptions, coins, and manuscripts from
early-Islamic Persia. In their book, the primary author and famed
Iranian early Kufic expert and calligrapher, S.M.V. Mousavi
Jazayeri, and his fellow co-authors read and analyze with
meticulous detail the calligraphy, script, and art work of
thirty-seven Kufic gravestone inscriptions, mainly from the Yazd
providence of Iran. The carefully-selected inscriptional sample in
this book illustrates the remarkable power and versatility of this
early script, and the extent of the global role played by it in
shaping societies and cultures of a vast area extending from China
to Spain.
This work is a pilot program developed for St. Luke's United
Methodist Church, a large church whose ministries and programs are
organized in a four-part structure, each known as a commission.
Leading a group of individuals who serve as ministry coordinators
for the commission, known as the Discipleship Commission, into a
team-based leadership model is an ongoing process which requires
time and energy for establishing relationships built on trust. The
program is designed to impact the church leadership, both lay and
staff, throughout the remaining commissions. Theological reflection
provides a foundation for this work. Transformational Leadership
and Servant Leadership theories are explored and provide scholarly
support for this leadership transition. The transition necessitates
a strategic plan. In addition, the ministry context and
denominational influences are addressed as they impact the
leadership transition.
Rebecca has her share of challenges-like living amoung creatures of
the night. On the up side, she is deeply in love with one of them
and wants to deliver him fresh young blood. When Rebecca and
Desmond meet in Seattle, they become obsessed with one another, but
things soon come between the forbidden lovers. Desmond keeps a deep
dark secret from Rebecca, in fear of losing her, and when Rebecca
desires immortality, Desmond denies her of her wishes, she then
betrays him for another and things really start to HEAT up!
A collection of erotic fiction by M. Christian. All proceeds
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The author takes you on her personal journey to fulfill a childhood
dream. One that leads to a redirection of her life, and the
beginning of helping introduce, preserve and promote a rare new
breed of horse - The Gypsy Vanner Horse.
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