Sexual liberation : the scandal of Christendom / Raymond J. Lawrence, Jr.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lawrence, Raymond J., Jr.

Series:

Psychology, religion, and spirituality

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex--Religious aspects--Christianity--History of doctrines.

Sex.

Sex--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Physical Description:

xix, 170 pages ; 25 cm.

Place of Publication:

Westport, Conn. : Praeger Publishers, 2007.

Summary:

Traces the influence of Christianity on shaping negative postures toward sex and sexuality in the Western world

Contents:

Chapter 1 The Sexual Life and Teachings of Jesus 1

Chapter 2 Jesus: Legitimate or Illegitimate 7

Chapter 3 The Two Wives of Paul the Apostle 14

Chapter 4 Sexual Pleasure in Judaism 19

Chapter 5 Sexual Conduct in the Early Christian Church 27

Chapter 6 Constantine's Imperial Cooptation of Christianity 34

Chapter 7 Ecce Unde-That's the Place 39

Chapter 8 The Victory of Monasticism in the West 45

Chapter 9 Bernard, Abelard, and Heloise 51

Chapter 10 The Cathars 57

Chapter 11 The Two Faces of Thomas More 61

Chapter 12 The Reformation as Sexual Revolution 67

Chapter 13 The Sexuality of Teresa of Avila 79

Chapter 14 From Martin Luther to Anton Boisen 87

Chapter 15 Anton Boisen's Contribution to the Sexual Revolution 96

Chapter 16 Paul Tillich and Karl Barth: Sexual Outliers 105

Chapter 17 Sexual Disarray in the Late Twentieth Century 115

Chapter 18 Cause Celebre: From Masturbation to Homosexuality 130

Chapter 19 Sexual Disarray in the Churches 135.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages [155]-166) and index.

ISBN:

0275993736

9780275993733

OCLC:

74459751