04201oam 2200673I 450 991046334610332120200520144314.00-203-05703-11-299-14059-91-136-56816-610.4324/9780203057032 (CKB)2670000000327815(EBL)1123153(OCoLC)827206810(SSID)ssj0000820101(PQKBManifestationID)11436101(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000820101(PQKBWorkID)10857521(PQKB)11562012(MiAaPQ)EBC1123153(Au-PeEL)EBL1123153(CaPaEBR)ebr10654282(CaONFJC)MIL445309(OCoLC)608253587(EXLCZ)99267000000032781520180706d2004 uy 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrMen, homosexuality, and the gods an exploration into the religious significance of male homosexuality in world perspective /Ronald E. LongNew York :Harrington Park Press,2004.1 online resource (190 p.)Haworth gay & lesbian studiesHaworth gay & lesbian studiesDescription based upon print version of record.1-56023-151-3 1-56023-152-1 Includes bibliographical references (p. 163-172) and index.Cover; Men, Homosexuality, and the Gods; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Straight Thinking on Some Not-So-Straightforward Matters; Getting Our Bearings; How Shall We Think of Religion?; What of ""Homosexuality""?; Chapter 2. Holy Homosexuality: Of Men and Semen; The Sambians of Papua New Guinea: It Will Make a Man of You; The Taoists of Ancient China and the Preservation of Life; Chapter 3. Holy Homoeroticism: Splendid Men and Splendor Divine; Plato and the World of Ancient Athens; The Platonism of Islamic SufismChapter 4. Holy Effeminacy: The Native American Berdache As Living War CharmMen and Manhood; Berdaches: Third-Gendered Persons or Unmanned Men?; Chapter 5. Holy Homophobia in the Hebrew Scriptures; Homophobia and the Fear of Exile; The Fear of Death: Anal Intercourse As ""Unsafe Sex""; The Fear of Disorder: Homosexual Sex As Deformity; Alien Worship, Enemy Ways in War; Whose Body Is It Anyway?; Chapter 6. Early Christianity: A Revolution Aborted?; Paul: Food, Sex, Sin, and Taste; Augustine of Hippo: Sex, Homosexuality, Faith, and DeathChapter 7. The Variegated Lotus: Homosexual Sex and Historical BuddhismThe Nirvanic Transcendence of Desire; Enlightenment and Homosexual Sex in Japan and Tibet; Chapter 8. Struggles on the American Front; A Gay Agenda? And the Social Good; Gay Rights As a Freedom of Religion Issue; The Spiritual Challenge of Contemporary Homophile Movements; Toward a New Poetic of Masculinity; Notes; Bibliography; IndexMen, Homosexuality, and the Gods is an eye-opening look at a representative sampling of religions and their edicts concerning gay sex. This book examines the origins of historic holy directives involving homosexuality?whether forbidden, tolerated, or mandatory?and establishes a link between theology, sex paradigms, and the sensitive issue of masculinity. This intriguing text calls for a new approach to gay rights as a freedom of religion issue and shows how the modern homophile movements are in effect redefining masculinity to obliterate the stigma of being a sexually receptive man. Easy-to-reHaworth gay & lesbian studies.Male homosexualityReligious aspectsMasculinityReligious aspectsElectronic books.Male homosexualityReligious aspects.MasculinityReligious aspects.205/.66Long Ronald E(Ronald Edwin),1946-,946440MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910463346103321Men, homosexuality, and the gods2138282UNINA