| Description |
1 online resource (425 p.) |
| Series |
At the Interface / Probing the Boundaries Ser |
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At the Interface / Probing the Boundaries Ser
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| Contents |
Half Title -- Series Information -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Foreword -- Preface -- Figures -- Introduction to the Sexuality and Spirituality Field of Research -- 1 Historical Overview of Sexuality and Spirituality Interrelations -- 1.1 The Prehistoric Sex, Life, and Death Continuum -- 1.2 The Archaic S&S Division: Separating the Divine and Nature -- 1.3 The Axial S&S Reintegration: Re- Joining the Human Body and the Divine -- 1.4 The Medieval S&S Division: Separating the Divine and Pleasure -- 1.5 The Modern S&S Division: Separating the Divine and the Truth |
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1.6 The Global S&S Reintegration: Re- Connecting Human Life and the Divine -- 2 Sexuality and Spirituality Key Issues and Problematizations -- 2.1 Life Renewal -- 2.2 Life Cycle -- 2.3 Feminine/ Masculine Polarity -- 2.4 Ecstasy -- 2.5 Eroticism -- 2.6 Inner Cultivation -- 2.7 Intimate Relationships -- 2.8 Gender Empowerment -- 3 Distinguishing the Sexuality and Spirituality Field and the Religion, Gender, and Sexuality Field of Studies and Research -- 4 Contents, Approaches, and Methodologies Presented in this Book |
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4.1 Natural Instincts: Exploring the Natural Conditioning of Sexual Expressions -- 4.2 Religious Rapture: Exploring Sacred Scriptures' Views on Sexual Mysticism -- 4.3 Alternative Ecstasy: Exploring the Spirituality of Non- Hegemonic Sexuality -- 4.4 Taboo Challenges: Obstacles and Strategies for New S&SRe- Integrations -- 4.5 Limit-Experience Embodiments: Erotico-Mystical Arts and Non-Normative Sexual Practices -- Bibliography -- Part 1 Natural Instincts -- Chapter 1 Spirituality of the Sexually Charged Landscape -- 1 Foreplay -- 2 Mystic Play: Mind as Sex |
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3 Intimate Expressions: Sex as Landscape -- 4 Divine Intervention: Landscape as Divinity -- 5 Divinity as Sex -- 6 Envoi -- Bibliography -- Chapter 2 Spirituality and Sexuality in Prehistoric Art -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Georges Bataille on the Sacred and the Erotic -- 3 David Lewis-Williams' Shamanistic Theory -- 4 Palaeolithic Southern Africa -- 5 Palaeolithic Northern Europe and North America -- 6 Neolithic Southern Anatolia and Ireland -- 7 Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Part 2 Religious Rapture -- Chapter 3 A Spirituality of Pleasure: The 'Thousand-Year' Intercourse of Śiva and Śakti |
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1 Introduction -- 2 The Erotic in the Ancient Mediterranean World -- 2.1 Eros or Fertility -- 2.2 Eros or Worship -- 2.3 Eros or Purity -- 2.4 Eros or Procreation -- 2.5 Eros or Decorum -- 2.6 Eros and Hell Fire -- 2.7 Eros and Virginity -- 2.8 Eros or Agape -- 2.9 Eros in Recent Catholic Teaching -- 3 Kashmir Shaivism's Spirituality of Pleasure -- 3.1 The Erotic Body -- 3.2 Eros as Morality -- 3.3 The Erotic Godhead -- 3.4 The Union of Eros and Ascesis -- 3.5 Reaching the Goal of the Thousand-Year Intercourse -- 4 A Christian Spirituality of Pleasure -- 4.1 The Question |
| Notes |
Description based upon print version of record |
| Subject |
Sex -- Religious aspects.
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Michelle Epple, Nicol
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| ISBN |
9789004437869 |
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900443786X |
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