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Tables of Contents for Love, Sex and Gender in the World Religions
Chapter/Section Title
Page #
Page Count
List of Illustrations
ix
List of Contributors
xi
Acknowledgments
xv
Introduction
1
14
Part I LOVE AND SEX IN THE CONTEXT OF RELIGION
The Symbolism of Sex and the Reality of God
15
22
Joseph Runzo
Love's Insufficiency: Zen as Irritant
37
14
William R. LaFleur
Part II LOVE AND RELIGION
The God of Love and the Love of God in Christian and Hindu Traditions
51
38
Julius J. Lipner
Loving the Goddess in Hinduism
89
24
Nancy M. Martin
Taming the Powers of Desire: Love and Sex in Jewish Culture
113
16
Charlotte Elisheva Fonrobert
Love, Sex, and Gender Embodied: The Spirits of Haitian Vodou
129
18
Elizabeth McAlister
Love's Sacred Grove: H.D.'s Poetics of Spirituality
147
20
Clare B. Fischer
Part III GENDER AND RELIGION
Toward a General Theory of Women and Religion
167
14
Arvind Sharma
The Real Trouble with Confucianism
181
22
Vivian-Lee Nyitray
Gendered Imagery in Early Christian Theologies of Salvation
203
20
Karen Jo Torjesen
Politicizing Gender and Religion: Love for Women, Love for Islam
223
16
Zayn Kassam
Krishna and the Gender of Longing
239
20
John Stratton Hawley
Part IV SEXUAL LOVE AND RELIGION
The Tarnished Temple: Sex and Difference in Christian Ethics
259
12
Karen Lebacqz
Reason and Orgasm in Tibetan Buddhism
271
16
Jeffrey Hopkins
The Erotic as Power and the Love of God
287
22
Carter Heyward
Suggested Further Reading
309
6
Index
315