Religion, the Body, and Sexuality: An Introduction
Religious Studies: the study of religion as a human phenomenonGender studies and transgender studiesSexuality studies and queer studiesUsing this bookReview: chapter highlightsApplications and reflectionsResources for further studyCelibacyThe erotics of celibacyBenefits of celibacyCelibacy and the social reproduction of religionTypes of celibacyTemporary and permanent celibacyVoluntary and involuntary celibacyCelibacy and sexual identityCelibacy as a way of getting around social and religious regulationsCelibacy wished-for but not attainedConclusionReview: chapter highlightsApplications and reflectionsResources for further studyRegulationPurity, pollution, wholeness, and holinessRegulation of the sexual bodyRegulation of the body in menstruation and childbirthThe regulation of sexuality in marriageSocial status and marriage regulationsGender segregationConclusionReview: chapter highlightsApplications and reflectionsResources for further studyControversyReligion and controversyTheme 1: controversy internal to religionTheme 2: controversy external to religionTheme 3: religion as a cipherConclusionReview: chapter highlightsApplications and reflectionsResources for further studyViolenceReligion and violence: bodily intersections and interjectionsReligion as a source of violenceReligion as resource in violent situationsReligion as accessory to violenceReligion as target of violenceConclusionReview: chapter highlightsApplications and reflectionsResources for further studyInnovationReligious innovationInnovation relative to the larger societyInnovation relative to the larger religionInnovation as a response to changes in the larger societyConclusionReview: chapter highlightsApplications and reflectionsResources for further studyInstrumentalizationInstrumentalizing bodies, sex, and religionSexual actsSexualized bodies and parts of bodiesNon-conforming bodiesTraditionally gendered and sexed bodiesConclusionReview: chapter highlightsApplications and reflectionsResources for further studyEcstasyEcstasy, sex, and religionDionysus and the ecstatic rituals associated with hintSpirit possessionSexual ecstasies that involve painGnostic sexual ritualsSexuality and the messianic heresy of Sabbatai ZeviCharismatic Christians slain in the spiritVodou possession — Papa GedeConclusionReview: chapter highlightsApplications and reflectionsResources for further studyGlossaryResources for teachingBibliography
