Religion and Sexuality: Diversity and the Limits of Tolerance (Sexuality Studies) - Hardcover

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0774828692 ISBN 13: 9780774828697

Publisher: UBC Press, 2015

Synopsis

The relationship between religion and sexuality is often framed as inherently conflictual. But what actually happens when religion and sexuality converge in contemporary contexts? This provocative volume goes beyond the familiar debates over toleration and accommodation to explore the ways in which various forms of religious affiliation and sexual identity do, in fact, co-exist. Drawing on interviews and analyzing media representations, legislation, and public discourse on topics such as education, economics, and same-sex marriage in North America and the United Kingdom, this book foregrounds the complexity and multiplicity of religious and sexual identities and practices.

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Review:

The authors present a persuasive argument about the complicated relationships between religion and sexuality. The challenges in this volume demand consideration. Author: Michele Murray, Professor in the William and Nancy Turner Chair in Christianity, Bishop’s University

From the Author:

Pamela Dickey Young is a professor in the School of Religion at Queen’s University. She is the author of Religion, Sex and Politics: Christian Churches and Same-Sex Marriage in Canada (2012) and co-editor of Women and Religious Traditions, 3rd edition (2014). Heather Shipley is the project manager for the Religion and Diversity Project and she teaches at the University of Ottawa and Carleton University. Tracy J. Trothen is an associate professor of ethics and theology at the Queen’s University School of Religion. She is also a clinical pastoral education supervisor certified by the Canadian Association of Spiritual Care. Trothen is the author of numerous publications including Shattering the Illusion: Child Sexual Abuse Policies and Canadian Religious Institutions (2012).

Contributors: Donald L. Boisvert, Catherine Holtmann, Janet R. Jakobsen, Lee Wing (Vivian) Hin, Nancy Nason-Clark, Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip

About this edition

• Publisher: UBC Press
• Publication date: 2015
• ISBN 10: 0774828692
• ISBN 13: 9780774828697
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 264
• Editor: Young Pamela Dickey, Shipley Heather, Trothen Tracy J.