Hunt New Religions and Spiritualities

Erscheinungsjahr 2017
ISBN: 978-1-351-91471-0
Verlag: Taylor & Francis
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 436 Seiten

Reihe: The Library of Essays on Sexuality and Religion

Since the 1960s a fresh wave of new religions and what has come to be termed 'spiritualities' have been evident on a global scale. This volume in The Library of Essays on Sexuality and Religion focuses on these 'new' religions and their often contentious attitudes towards human sexuality. Part 1, through previously-published articles, provides instances of affirming orientations of the 'new' religions towards sexuality. This entails scrutinising examples of innovative religion from a historical perspective, as well as those of a more contemporary nature. Part 2 examines, with pertinent illustrations, the controversial character of 'new' religions in their 'cultist' forms and matters of sexual control and abuse. Part 3 considers sexuality as articulated through paganism, the occult and esotericism in the postmodern setting. Part 4 examines both hetero- and non-hetero- expressions of sexuality through the so-called 'New Spiritualities', Quasi-religions and the more 'hidden' forms of religiosity.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Hunt, Stephen

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Contents: Introduction; Part I Sexual Affirmation: Sex in the city of God: free love and the American Millennium, Cathy Gutierrez; Calamus in Bolton: spirituality and homosexual desire in late Victorian England, Harry Cocks; Women's 'cocoon work' in new religious movements: sexual experimentation and feminine rites of passage, Susan J. Palmer; Sex, gender, and New Age stereotyping, Lata Ta'eed; 'We are God's children, y'all': race, gender, and sexuality in lesbian- and gay-affirming congregations, Krista McQueeney. Part II Sexual Restraint and Abuse: Sexuality, gender and the abuse of power in the master-disciple relationship: the case of the Rajneesh movement, Elizabeth Puttick; Reconceptualising the human body: Heaven's Gate and the quest for divine transformation, Susan Raine; Sex roles in the Jesus Movement, Mary W. Harder; Sexuality, marriage and piety among charismatics in Nigeria, Matthews A. Ojo; Social change, gender roles, and new religious movements, Angela A. Aidala. Part III Neo-Paganism, The Occult and Esotericism: Gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgendered (GLBT) experiences with Earth-spirited faith, Brandy Smith; Sexology and the occult: sexuality and subjectivity on theosophy's new age, Joy Dixon; Magia sexualis: sex, secrecy, and liberation in modern Western esotericism, Hugh B. Urban; A woman in the grip of the archetype of the sexual priestess, Kim Marie Vaz; Inappropriate sexuality? Sex magic, S/M and Wicca (or 'whipping Harry Potter's arse!.), Jo Pearson. Part IV New Spiritualities and Quasi-Religiosity: Queer spirituality, Claudio Bardella; Godly sex, a queer quest of holiness, Jane M. Grovijahn; Coming out stories framed as faith narratives, or stories of spiritual growth, David J. Roseborough; Ritual, liminality and transformation: secular spirituality in Sydney's gay bathhouses, Jason Prior and Carole M. Cusack; Not pretty girls? Sexuality, spirituality, and gender construction in women's rock music, Kate McCarthy; Name index.

Über Autor(innen)

Stephen Hunt is Reader in Sociology at the University of the West of England, UK