LEADER 04201oam 2200673I 450 001 9910463346103321 005 20200520144314.0 010 $a0-203-05703-1 010 $a1-299-14059-9 010 $a1-136-56816-6 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203057032 035 $a(CKB)2670000000327815 035 $a(EBL)1123153 035 $a(OCoLC)827206810 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000820101 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11436101 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000820101 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10857521 035 $a(PQKB)11562012 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1123153 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1123153 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10654282 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL445309 035 $a(OCoLC)608253587 035 $a(EXLCZ)992670000000327815 100 $a20180706d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aur|n|---||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aMen, homosexuality, and the gods $ean exploration into the religious significance of male homosexuality in world perspective /$fRonald E. Long 210 1$aNew York :$cHarrington Park Press,$d2004. 215 $a1 online resource (190 p.) 225 1 $aHaworth gay & lesbian studies 225 0$aHaworth gay & lesbian studies 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 $a1-56023-151-3 311 $a1-56023-152-1 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. 163-172) and index. 327 $aCover; 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 Sufism 327 $aChapter 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 Death 327 $aChapter 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; Index 330 $aMen, Homosexuality, and the Gods is an eye-opening look at a representative sampling of religions and their edicts concerning gay sex. This book examines the origins of historic holy directives involving homosexuality?whether forbidden, tolerated, or mandatory?and establishes a link between theology, sex paradigms, and the sensitive issue of masculinity. This intriguing text calls for a new approach to gay rights as a freedom of religion issue and shows how the modern homophile movements are in effect redefining masculinity to obliterate the stigma of being a sexually receptive man. Easy-to-re 410 0$aHaworth gay & lesbian studies. 606 $aMale homosexuality$xReligious aspects 606 $aMasculinity$xReligious aspects 608 $aElectronic books. 615 0$aMale homosexuality$xReligious aspects. 615 0$aMasculinity$xReligious aspects. 676 $a205/.66 700 $aLong$b Ronald E$g(Ronald Edwin),$f1946-,$0946440 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910463346103321 996 $aMen, homosexuality, and the gods$92138282 997 $aUNINA