Notre Dame London: Fischer Hall Library

Christianity /

Christianity / edited by Stephen Hunt. - Farnham, UK : Ashgate, 2010. - xxvii, 508 p. ; 25 cm. - The library of essays on sexuality and religion . - Library of essays on sexuality and religion. .

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references.

The Bible and sexuality II / Is the Bible good news for human sexuality? : Reflections on method in Biblical interpretation / Sexuality and the family / The body's grace : 10th Michael Harding memorial address, London : Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement / Our lady of the libido : towards a Marian theology of sexual liberation? / Celibacy and free love in early Christianity / Antifamilial tendencies in ancient Christianity / The origins of clerical celibacy in the Western Church / Sexual taboos and social boundaries / Children of disorder : clerical parentage, illegitimacy, and reform in the middle ages / Paul and sexual mentality of his world / The baptism of eros / Fragments from a journal : reflections on celibacy and the role of women in the Church / Deviance, agency, and the social control of women's bodies in a Mennonite community / Young women, sexuality and Protestant Church community : oppression or empowerment? / The centrality of marriage : homosexuality and the Roman Catholic argument / Ecumenism at a cost : women, ordination, and sexuality : "Disagree with the umpire-take the ball, and go home" / Sweet rapture : subliminal eroticism in contemporary charismatic worship / Of gin and lace : sexuality, liturgy and identity among Anglo-Catholics in the mid-twentieth century / "No more tea, Vicar" : an exploration of the discourses which inform the current debates about sexualities within the Church of England / Negotiating a religious identity : the case of the gay evangelical / State of mind versus concrete set of facts : the contrasting of transgender and intersex in Church documents on sexuality / The Greek Orthodox position on the ethics of assisted reproduction / The contest of moralities : negotiating compulsory celibacy and sexual intimacy in the Roman Catholic priesthood / Raymond F. Collins -- Stephen C. Barton -- Jack Dominian -- Rowan Williams -- Sian Taylder -- Richard M. Price -- Elizabeth A. Clark -- Charles A. Frazee -- Christie Davies -- Laura Wertheimer -- Wolfgang Stegemann -- Tina Beattie -- Gillian Walker -- Linda B. Arthur -- Sonya Sharma -- Brian F. Linnane -- Leonie B. Liveris -- Martyn Percy -- Martin Stringer -- David Nixon -- Scott Thumma -- Susannah Cornwall -- Metropolitan Nikolaos -- Jane Anderson.

A collection of essays originally published elsewhere.

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