| Description |
276 pages ; 21 cm |
| Note |
Rev. ed. of: Sex in the world's religions. London : Sheldon, 1980. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 263-268) and index. |
| Contents |
1. Introduction -- 2. Sacred sex in India -- Divine examples -- Heroic ideals -- Marriage and ritual union -- Austerity and chastity -- Woman's lot -- Prostitution -- Sex manuals -- Religion and sex in art -- Yoga and Tantra -- Reaction -- 3. Buddhist renunciation -- The Ascetic middle way -- Celibate and sexual power -- Buddhist Tantra -- Lay marriage and morality -- 4. Other Indian traditions -- Jain Asceticism -- Sikh virility -- Parsi customs -- Tribal religions -- 5. Chinese Yin and Yang -- Female and male -- Yin and Yang -- Tao -- Tao in sex -- Confucian morality -- Marriage -- Buddhist influences -- Variations -- Reactions -- 6. Japan's floating world -- Shinto myth -- Phallicism and divine unions -- In and Yo -- Women and men -- Marriage -- Floating world and geishas -- 7. Traditional Africa -- Attitudes -- Myths -- Phallicism -- Initiation -- Dowry and polygamy -- Fertility -- Taboos -- Change and decay -- 8. Islamic customs -- The prophet -- Marriage in the Qur'an -- Sex in the traditions -- Sex in literature -- Mystical symbolism -- The status of women : early Islam, veiling, harems -- 9. Hebrew affirmations -- Creation -- Phallicism and circumcision -- Male and female -- Love and marriage -- Symbolism -- 10. Christian diversity -- The Gentile background -- The teaching and practice of Jesus -- Paul and others -- Monogamy and love -- The Ascetic early and medieval church -- Lay marriage and problems -- Virgin birth and mother -- Reformation change and conservatism -- Modern times -- Recent developments -- 11. Baha'i ideals -- Chastity -- Marriage -- Divorce -- Contraception and abortion -- Homosexuality -- The status of women -- 12. Modern influences -- Medicine -- Psychology -- Women's rights -- Variations -- Religious encounter. |
| Subject |
Sex -- Religious aspects.
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Sex -- Mythology.
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Sexual ethics.
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Sex customs.
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| Added Author |
Parrinder, Geoffrey
Sex in the world's religions.
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| ISBN |
1851681086 paperback |
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9781851681082 paperback |
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