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| #2086916 in Books | 2007-12-07 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 6.10 x.70 x9.10l,1.07 | File type: PDF | 336 pages||3 of 3 people found the following review helpful.| A Decent Overview of the Subject|By Della|Celibacy and Religions Traditions is a collection of essays edited by Carl Olson. Each essay covers a different culture or religion: (ancient) Greece and Rome, Judaism, early Christianity, medieval Christianity, Protestantism, Islam, Hinduism, Jainism, Buddhism, Daoism, Shinto, Yoruba, Native Americans, and Mesoamericans. Each chapter i|||"This book will be of particular interest to students and scholars in gender, sexuality, religious, and comparative cultural studies." --hoice|||About the Author||Carl Olson is Professor of Relig
If sexuality is inherently social, the same thing can be said about celibacy. An understanding of celibacy, argues Carl Olson, can be a useful way to view the significance of the human body within a social context. The purpose of this book is to examine how the practice of celibacy differs cross-culturally as well as historically within a particular religious tradition. The essays (all previously unpublished) will demonstrate that celibacy is a complex religious phenomen...
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