Que(e)rying Religion A Critical Anthology

, by Comstock, Gary David; Henking, Susan E.

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ISBN: 9780826409249 | 0826409245
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Copyright: 2/1/1997

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The first multi-disciplinary look at the intersection of queer experience and religious spirituality.

Editorial Acknowledgments	p. 9
Introduction	p. 11
Greek Homosexuality and Initiation	p. 19
Religious Boundaries and Sexual Morality	p. 39
The Effeminates of Early Medina	p. 61
We'Wha and Klah: The American Indian Berdache as Artist and Priest	p. 89
Discourses of Desire: Sexuality and Christian Women's Visionary Narratives	p. 107
Concepts, Experience, and Sexuality	p. 116
Foucault on Penance and the Shaping of Sexuality	p. 130
Warrior Virgins and Boston Marriages: Spinsterhood in History and Culture	p. 138
Christian Brotherhood or Sexual Perversion? Homosexual Identities and the Construction of Sexual Boundaries in the World War I Era	p. 156
Jewish Attitudes Towards Homosexuality: A Review of Contemporary Sources	p. 181
Gender - Being It or Doing It? The Church, Homosexuality, and the Politics of Identity	p. 188
Radical Relatedness and Feminists Separatism	p. 202
Feminist Separatism - The Dynamics of Self-Creation	p. 214
Pullen Memorial Baptist Church: An Inside Look at a Journey of Affirmation	p. 219
Tongues Untied: Memoirs of a Pentecostal Boyhood	p. 223
On My Journey Now	p. 232
Being Muslim and Gay	p. 236
Alone Again, Naturally: The Catholic Church and the Homosexual	p. 238
Accidents and Calculations	p. 251
Homosexuality, Mormon Doctrine, and Christianity: A Father's Perspective	p. 255
The Sacrality of Male Beauty and Homosex: A Neglected Factor in the Understanding of Contemporary Gay Life	p. 266
Male Cross-Gender Behavior in Myanmar (Burma): A Description of the Acault	p. 287
Transgenderism and the Cult of Yellamma: Heat, Sex, and Sickness in South Indian Ritual	p. 294
Religion as a Sociological Category	p. 311
Butch-Femme Relationships: Sexual Courage in the 1950s	p. 323
A Special Window: An Anthropological Perspective on Spirituality in Contemporary U.S. Gay Male Culture	p. 330
An Ancient Catholic: An Interview with Richard Rodriguez	p. 338
A Spirituality of Creative Marginality	p. 343
Reflections of Being Latina and Lesbian	p. 347
Just Friends	p. 351
Jewish Paper in San Diego Tackles a Difficult Subject	p. 357
Letter from Israel	p. 361
Religious Constructions of the AIDS Crisis	p. 366
The Compatibility of Reason and Orgasm in Tibetan Buddhism: Reflections on Sexual Violence and Homophobia	p. 372
Man Royals and Sodomites: Some Thoughts on the Invisibility of Afro-Caribbean Lesbians	p. 387
"And with a Male You Shall Not Lie the Lying Down of a Woman": On the Meaning and Significance of Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13	p. 398
Lesbian Mythology	p. 415
Women Partners in the New Testament	p. 441
A Gathering of Spirit	p. 456
Notes and References	p. 461
Acknowledgments and Permissions	p. 533
Contributors	p. 537
User's Guide	p. 541
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Que(e)rying Religion A Critical Anthology

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