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Sex, marriage, and family in world religions
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Sex, marriage, and family in world religions

Auteur : Don S Browning; M Christian Green; John Witte
Éditeur : New York : Columbia University Press, ©2006.
Édition/format :   Livre : AnglaisVoir toutes les éditions et les formats
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"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. Chosen and introduced by leading scholars of each religion, the volume's selections include a wide array of traditional texts. The book also contains contemporary writings, responding to the changing mores and  Lire la suite...
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Type d’ouvrage : Ressource Internet
Format : Livre, Ressource Internet
Tous les auteurs / collaborateurs : Don S Browning; M Christian Green; John Witte
ISBN : 023113116X 0231505191 9780231505192 9780231131162
Numéro OCLC : 61151645
Description : xxix, 461 p. ; 25 cm.
Contenu : 1. Judaism / Michael S. Berger --
Introduction --
The Hebrew Bible --
The Elephantine marriage contract --
Hellenistic Jewish philosophy in the wisdom of Ben Sirach (Ecclesiasticus) --
The Damascus document of the Dead Sea Scrolls --
Josephus on marriage law --
Mishnah on procreation, marriage, and divorce --
The Babylonian Talmud --
Aggadic Midrash on marriage and family --
The Babylonian Talmud on marital sex --
The Babylonian ordinance from the academy on divorce --
The ordinances of Rabbi Gershom (The Light of the Exile) --
Medieval marriage contracts from the Cairo Geniza --
Love poetry from the Golden Age of Spain --
The order of the Get --
Maimonides on sex --
Jewish mysticism on marriage and sex --
The Book of the pious of medieval Germany --
"The epistle on holiness" ('Iggeret Ha-qodesh') --
Exchange between Napoleon and the Jewish "Sanhedrin" on issues of marriage --
Contemporary developments in Jewish marriage contracts --
Reform opinion on patrilineal and matrilineal descent. 2. Christianity / Luke Timothy Johnson, Mark D. Jordan --
Introduction --
Creation and fall in the book of Genesis --
The Greco-Roman context --
Hellenistic Jewish moral instruction --
Gospels of Matthew and Luke --
Paul's letters to the Corinthians and Ephesians --
Apocryphal Christian texts --
Augustine of Hippo --
John Chrysostom --
Peter Lombard --
The Fourth Lateran Council --
Thomas Aquinas --
Mechthild of Magdeburg --
Martin Luther --
Anglican Book of common prayer (1549) --
John Calvin --
The Council of Trent --
George Fox --
A contemporary critique of sexual ethics --
A womanist critique of family theology --
A contemporary liturgy for same-sex unions. 3. Islam / Azizah al-Hibri, Raja̕ M. El Habti --
Introduction --
Creation and the identity of origin of women and men --
The fall from the garden and gender equality --
The marriage contract --
Consent to marriage --
Mahr : the obligatory marital gift --
Other stipulations in the marriage contract --
Marital relations --
Polygamy --
Marital conflict --
Divorce --
Sexual ethics --
Rights within the family. 4. Hinduism / Paul B. Courtright --
Introduction --
Rig Veda 10.85 : the marriage hymn --
The Gṛhya-sutras : the wedding ceremony --
Laws of Manu --
The Kāmasūtra --
Divine marriage : Śiva and Pārvatī --
The karma of marriage : the king's wife, the Brahmin's wife, and the ogre --
A contemporary Hindu marriage ceremony --
"Counting the flowers," a short story / Chudamani Raghavan, translated from the Tamil by the author. 5. Buddhism / Alan Cole --
Introduction --
The beginning of the world --
The joys of ascetism --
Married life versus life of the ascetic --
Songs by Buddhist women --
The conversion of the nun, Paṭācārā --
The Buddha accepts his aunt, Gotamī, as a nun --
The Buddha's renunciation of his family --
Confusion over the Buddha as a fertility god --
Buddhism as a threat to the Indian family --
The Buddha's advice for laity --
An early Buddha lineage --
East Asian Buddhism : an overview --
The sutra on the filial son --
The ghost festival sutra --
The sutra on the profound kindness of parents --
The Blood Bowl sutra. 6. Confucianism / Patricia Buckley Ebrey --
Introduction --
The Book of poetry (Shi jing) --
The Analects (Lunyu) of Confucius --
Mencius on filial piety --
Historical incidents from the Zuo zhuan --
Record of ritual --
The Record of ritual of the elder Dai --
The Classic of filial piety --
Lives of model women --
Admonitions for women --
Filial sons --
Mr. Yan's family instructions --
The classic of filial piety for women --
Yuan Cai on concubines --
Zhu Xi on family and marriage --
Sexual offenses in the code of the Qing Dynasty --
Advice to local officials on handling sexual offenses --
Qing legal cases concerning sexual offenses --
Chen Duxiu on the way of Confucius and modern life --
Feng Youlan on the philosophy at the basis of traditional Chinese society.
Autres titres : Sex, marriage, & family in world religions
Responsabilité : edited by Don S. Browning, M. Christian Green, John Witte, Jr.
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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  Lire la suite...

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An excellent resource for scholars and teachers. -- Dana Fritz Cates Religious Studies Review 10/1/2006 Impressive... [and] well-edited. Nova Religio: The Journal of Alternative & Emergent Religions A Lire la suite...

 
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