Premarital sex and the Bible. Homosexuality and Hinduism. Polygamy and the Koran. Reproductive rights and the Judaic tradition. How do the world's major religions influence the sexual values, attitudes, and practices of their adherents? Sexuality and the World's Religions covers these not-suitable-for-the-dinner-table topics soberly and expertly, with extra chapters on nontraditional American religions and communities.
David Machacek is Resident Fellow at the Leonard E. Greenberg Center for the Study of Religion in Public Life, Hartford, CT. Melissa Wilcox is Visiting Johnston Professor of Religion at Whitman College, Walla Walla, WA.
"[V]ery highly recommended for academic and large public libraries." - American Reference Books Annual "[O]ffers one of the few explorations of sexuality and religion from a comparative perspective ... The text builds on earlier work ... providing not only a more extensive treatment of contemporary topics in religion and sexuality but also a more scholarly treatment, complete with extensive bibliographies ... deals with a seldom touched area of investigation and offers a good introduction to the issue of religion and sexuality. Recommended. Lower- and upper-division undergraduates." - Choice
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