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Sex, Marriage, and Family in World Religions
. Ed(S): Browning, Don S.; Green, M. Christian; Witte, John, Jr.
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Description for Sex, Marriage, and Family in World Religions
Hardback. Contains writings and teachings about sex, marriage, and family from the Jewish, Christian, Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, and Confucian traditions. This volume includes traditional texts, as well as contemporary materials, showing the similarities and differences among the religions, and the development of ideas and teachings within each tradition. Editor(s): Browning, Don S.; Green, M. Christian; Witte, John, Jr. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: HRLP5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 31. Weight in Grams: 908.
Spanning thousands of years, this new collection brings together writings and teachings about sex, marriage, and family from the Jewish, Christian, Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, and Confucian traditions. The volume includes traditional texts as well as contemporary materials showing how the religions have responded to the changing conditions and mores of modern life. It reveals the similarities and differences among the various religions and the development of ideas and teachings within each tradition. Selections shed light on each religion's views on a range of subjects, including sexuality and sexual pleasure, the meaning and purpose of marriage, the role of betrothal, the ... Read more
Spanning thousands of years, this new collection brings together writings and teachings about sex, marriage, and family from the Jewish, Christian, Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist, and Confucian traditions. The volume includes traditional texts as well as contemporary materials showing how the religions have responded to the changing conditions and mores of modern life. It reveals the similarities and differences among the various religions and the development of ideas and teachings within each tradition. Selections shed light on each religion's views on a range of subjects, including sexuality and sexual pleasure, the meaning and purpose of marriage, the role of betrothal, the ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
Number of Pages
496
Place of Publication
New York, United States
ISBN
9780231131162
SKU
V9780231131162
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About . Ed(S): Browning, Don S.; Green, M. Christian; Witte, John, Jr.
Don S. Browning is the Alexander Campbell Professor Emeritus of Religious Ethics and the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago. He is the author or editor of more than forty books, including Marriage and Modernization: How Globalization Threatens Marriage and What to Do About It.M. Christian Green is senior fellow and senior lecturer in the Center for the Study ... Read more
Reviews for Sex, Marriage, and Family in World Religions
An excellent resource for scholars and teachers.
Dana Fritz Cates Religious Studies Review Impressive... [and] well-edited. Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative & Emergent Religions A valuable resource for furthering critical debate.
Karen-Marie Yust Theology Today [an] essential book on marriage Christian Century
Dana Fritz Cates Religious Studies Review Impressive... [and] well-edited. Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative & Emergent Religions A valuable resource for furthering critical debate.
Karen-Marie Yust Theology Today [an] essential book on marriage Christian Century