Feminism, Gender Studies & Religion: Gender Studies & Religion

"Grapples conscientiously with biblical texts at the heart of the church's debate over same-sex relationships This thought-provoking book by James Brownson develops a broad, cross-cultural sexual ethic from Scripture, locates current debates over homosexuality in that wider context, and explores why the Bible speaks the way it does about same-sex relationships. Fairly presenting both sides in this polarized debate —'traditional'and'revisionist'— Brownson conscientiously analyzes all of the pertinent biblical texts and helpfully identifies'stuck points'in the ongoing debate. In the process, he explores key concepts that inform our understanding of the biblical texts, including patriarchy, complementarity, purity and impurity, honor and shame. Central to his argument is the need to uncover the moral logic behind the text. Written in order to serve and inform the ongoing debate in many denominations over the questions of homosexuality, Brownson's in-depth study will prove a useful resource for Christians who want to form a considered opinion on this important issue." - Eerdmans

"The central aim of this encyclopedia is to give the reader a comparative perspective on issues involving conceptions of gender, gender differences, gender roles, relationships between the genders, and sexuality. The encyclopedia is divided into two volumes: Topics and Cultures.

The combination of topical overviews and varying cultural portraits is what makes this encyclopedia a unique reference work for students, researchers and teachers interested in gender studies and cross-cultural variation in sex and gender. It deserves a place in the library of every university and every social science and health department." - Springer

"Gender and Sexuality: Essential Primary Sources provides insight into the personal, social, and political issues regarding gender and sexuality. Issues that range from what many hold as intimate matters of personal belief to matters that stir, shake, and thus profoundly shape modern society."- K. Lee Lerner

"The International Encyclopedia of Human Sexuality is a comprehensive A-Z reference with over 500 entries that define sexuality from a broad biocultural perspective and show the diversity of human sexual behavior and belief systems. The first encyclopedia to focus on cultural diversity as a specific theme, it contains entries ranging from short definitions of scientific, clinical, cultural, and colloquial terms to extended explorations of major concepts. The Encyclopedia places topics within their socio-cultural and cross-cultural contexts while also exploring evolutionary and primatological concerns. The content covers 13 key areas of human sexuality, including clinical medicine, body modification, the language of sexuality, the history of sexology, gender, and globalization and sexuality. Under the editorship of two esteemed anthropologists, the entries have been written and reviewed by an international team of top scholars and practitioners. The Encyclopedia is available as an online platform with interactive cross-referencing links and powerful searching and browsing capabilities within the work and across Wiley’s comprehensive online reference collection or as a three-volume print set. With essential information for students, scholars, and researchers in a range of disciplines across the social sciences, medicine, and science, this is a landmark resource for a complex and dynamic field of study." - Back Cover

"Queer Theology makes an important contribution to public debate about Christianity and sex. It is a remarkable collection of specially commissioned essays by some of the brightest and best of Anglo-American scholars. It is edited by one of the leading theologians working at the interface between religion and contemporary culture. It reconceptualizes the body and its desires. It enlarges the meaningfulness of Christian sexuality for the good of the Church. It proposes that bodies are the mobile products of changing discourses and regimes of power." -Wiley-Blackwell

"Same-Sex Marriage and Religious Liberty explores the religious freedom implications of defining marriage to include same-sex couples. It represents the only comprehensive, scholarly appraisal to date of the church-state conflicts virtually certain to arise in many spheres of law as a result of the legal recognition of same-sex marriage." - Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

"Over the past twenty years, transgender studies has emerged as a dynamic field of interdisciplinary scholarship. First collected in Routledge's own The Transgender Studies Reader in 2006, the field has moved on, rapidly expanding in many directions. The Transgender Studies Reader 2 gathers these disparate strands of scholarship, and collects them into a format that makes sense for teaching and research. Complimenting the first volume, rather than competing with it, the second volume introduces another 50 articles, with explanatory head notes for each essay, and bibliographic suggestions for further reading." - Routledge