Sex and God (RLE Women and Religion)

Name: Sex and God (RLE Women and Religion)
Brand: Taylor & Francis

Taylor & Francis

These stories, essays and poems by women examine the connections feminists are making between sex and God. The women write from very different perspectives, cutting across the spectrum of feminist writing about sexuality and spirituality within the Judeo-Christian tradition. Some writers, though critical, are determined to retain their radicality in the very teeth of patriarchy by remaining within the traditional forms of faith. Others \u2013 impatient, suggests the editor, with the \u2018great inseminator in the sky\u2019 \u2013 have moved on to what might be described as a post-patriarchal spirituality. Contributions indicate the exciting spiritual journeys women are currently making and focus on the following areas: monogamy and promiscuity; sex, politics and spirituality; childbirth; sex and healing in dying; feminist sexual psychology; lesbian identity; and feminist \u2018embodied\u2019 theology. The recent and continuing debate about women priests in the Anglican church uneasil.