Exploring sexuality and spirituality : an introduction to an interdisciplinary field / edited by Phil Shining and Nicol Michelle Epple.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Shining, Phil, editor.

Epple, Nicol Michelle, editor.

Series:

At the Interface / Probing the Boundaries ; 132.

At the Interface / Probing the Boundaries ; 132

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sex--Religious aspects.

Sex.

Physical Description:

1 online resource.

Place of Publication:

Leiden, The Netherlands ; Boston : Brill Rodopi, [2021]

Summary:

The wide spectrum of links and interrelations found amongst the diversity of human sexual expressions and spiritual practices around the world constitutes one of the most fruitful grounds of scholarly research today. Exploring Sexuality and Spirituality introduces an emerging academic field of studies focused on the multiplicity of problematizations intersecting spirituality and sexuality, from eroticism and ecstasy embodiments to inner spiritual cultivation, intimate relationships, sex education, and gender empowerment. This collection of essays addresses subjects such as prehistoric art, Queer Theology, BDSM, Tantra, the Song of Songs, 'la petite mort', asceticism, feminist performative protests, and sexually charged landscapes, among others. Through varied methodologies and state-of-the-art interdisciplinary approaches, this volume becomes highly useful for readers engaged in the integration of scholarly and practical knowledge.

Contents:

Foreword

Jon Braddy

Preface

Nicol Michelle Epple

List of Illustrations

Introduction to the Sexuality and Spirituality Field of Research

Phil Shining

PART 1

Natural Instincts

1 Spirituality of the Sexually Charged Landscape

Dennis Alan Winters

2 Spirituality and Sexuality in Prehistoric Art

Richard Alan Northover

PART 2

Religious Rapture

3 A Spirituality of Pleasure: the 'Thousand- Year' Intercourse of Siva and Sakti

John R. Dupuche

4 Experiencing yada : Holistic Encounters of Spiritual Bliss between Christian Believer and God

PART 3

Alternative Ecstasy

5 Oscar Wilde's Spirituality: the Erotics of Queer Theology

Rita Dirks

6 The Holy Rebellious Pussy: New Feminist Demands and Religious Confrontations

Assumpta Sabuco Cantó and Ana Álvarez Borrero

PART 4

Taboo Challenges

7 The (In)compatibility between Spirituality and Sexuality: Contemporary Chinese Case Studies

Huai Bao

8 Sex Education and Tantra

Pavel Hlavinka

PART 5

Limit-Experience Embodiments

9 The Abandoned Self: Excess and Inner Experience in Sadomasochism

Catherine Papadopoullos

10 Embodying 'The Little Death' of Orgasm: an Interdisciplinary Research on Sexual Trance

Index.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

90-04-43786-X

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789004437869 DOI