Moultrie Passionate and Pious

Religious Media and Black Women's Sexuality
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-0-8223-7224-0
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 200 Seiten

Monique Moultrie explores the impact of faith-based sexual ministries on black women's sexual agency to trace how these women navigate sexuality, religious authority, and their spiritual walk with God.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Moultrie, Monique

Fachgebiete

• Sozialwissenschaften Soziologie | Soziale Arbeit Spezielle Soziologie Soziologie von Migranten und Minderheiten
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Christliches Leben & Praxis
• Sozialwissenschaften Ethnologie | Volkskunde Volkskunde
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religiöse Fragen von Sexualität, Geschlecht und Beziehungen
• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sexualität & Gender in den Religionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments ix
Introduction. For All the Single Ladies: Black Women's Stories of Faith and Sexuality 1
1. Sexual Purity as PR: Tracing the Impact of Religious Media 21
2. Reading "Our" Bynum as Text: For a Black Woman by a Black Woman 29
3. Beyond Bynum: Analyzing Contemporary Faith-Based Sexuality Ministries 50
4. "Why I Gotta be Gay?": Approaches to Womanist Sexual Hospitality 81
5. "The Lord Still has Work for Me to Do": Analyzing Senior Sexuality and Faith-Based Sexuality Ministries 96
6. Horny and Holy: Saved Women Seeking Sexual Pleasure 116
Conclusion. Living Sexually Before God: A Contemporary Womanist Sexual Ethics 142
Notes 153
Bibliography 173
Index 183

Über Autor(innen)

Monique Moultrie is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at Georgia State University and coeditor of the revised edition of A Guide for Women in Religion: Making Your Way from A to Z.