Description
Book SynopsisA volume of cutting-edge scholarship that argues against the traditional assumption that religion and sexuality will always collide, instead exploring sites of intersection where various forms of both co-exist.
Table of ContentsIntroduction / Heather Shipley
Part 1: Religion and the Construction of Sexual Minority Rights
1 Beyond Tolerance: Sexual Diversity and Economic Justice / Janet R. Jakobsen
2 “Severely Normal”: Sexuality and Religion in Alberta’s Bill 44 / Pamela Dickey Young
3 “I’m not Homophobic, I’m Chinese”: Hong Kong Canadian Christians and the Campaign against Same-Sex Marriage / Lee Wing Hin
Part 2: Sexuality and the Construction of Religious Identities
4 Challenging Identity Constructs: The Debate over the Sex Education Curriculum in Ontario / Heather Shipley
5 When Religion Meets Sexuality: Two Tales of Intersection / Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip
6 Women, Sex, and the Catholic Church: The Implications of Domestic Violence for Reproductive Choice / Catherine Holtmann
Part 3: Sexual Bodies/Religious Bodies
7 The Construction of a Sexual Pedagogy: Childhood and Saints in Roman Catholic Discourse / Donald L. Boisvert
8 Corporeal Diversity in the Religion of Sport: The Debate over Enhanced Bodies / Tracy J. Trothen
9 Strong Spirits, Abused Bodies: Social, Political, and Theological Reflections / Nancy Nason-Clark
Conclusion / Pamela Dickey Young
Index
