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The relationship between religion and sexuality is often framed as inherently conflictual. But what actually happens when religion and sexuality converge in contemporary contexts? This provocative volume goes beyond the familiar debates over toleration and accommodation to explore the ways in which various forms of religious affiliation and sexual identity do, in fact, co-exist. Drawing on interviews and analyzing media representations, legislation, and public discourse on topics such as education, economics, and same-sex marriage in North America and the United Kingdom, this book foregrounds the complexity and multiplicity of religious and sexual identities and practices.

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Long-positioned and long-respected as a bestseller for the U.S. history survey course that focuses on political history as its framework, this textbook's most significant strength is its rich and distinctive prose. For this Eleventh Edition, co-authors Carnes and Garraty have collaborated to retell the story of America's past. In this revision, the authors have written a new prologue on pre-Columbian America and the continent's earliest human inhabitants, revised each chapter to incorporate recent research and scholarship, integrated more social and cultural history, selected many new illustrations and written informative new captions to engage students visually, introduced two new features, and updated the final chapter (33) to carry the story through the election of 2000, the beginnings of the Bush administration, and the events and aftermath of September 11, 2001, which have profoundly changed the American nation and its people.

Product Description: This anthology brings together leading scholars in the field of New Religious Movements to critically investigate the role of sexuality in some of the most well-known new religious movements.

In the postholocaust Mojave desert, the Turbo Cowboys participate in a race involving all cycle groups, the winners of which will be declared the best riders in the desert, and end up turning a dishonest team, the Iron Horsemen, into the authorities.

Product Description: Presenting qualitative and quantitative findings on the lived experiences of around seven hundred young adults from Christian, Muslim, Jewish, Hindu, Buddhist, Sikh and mixed-faith backgrounds, Religious and Sexual Identities provides an illuminating and nuanced analysis of young adults’ perceptions and negotiations of their religious, sexual, youth and gender identities...read more

Product Description: Experience the orgasmic rapture of Sacred Union with your Twin Soul and the Divine • Includes practices in sacred sexuality, emotional intimacy, and soul awareness to awaken the Love, Power, and Wisdom of your soul, attract your Twin Soul, and satisfy your soul’s longing to reunite with God • Draws on teachings from Gnosticism, Sufi mysticism, the Kabbalah, Kundalini yoga, sexual shamanism, the Egyptian Mystery schools, and Christ Consciousness • Offers examples of Sacred Union, including Jesus and Mary Magdalene and Rumi and Shams as well as experiences of modern couples Jesus and Mary Magdalene, Rumi and Shams, King Solomon and the Queen of Sheba, Isis and Osiris--in these sacred unions we recognize the merging not only of Twin Souls but also of these lovers with the Divine...read more

Product Description: The Ashgate Research Companion to Contemporary Religion and Sexuality provides academics and students with a comprehensive and authoritative state-of-the-art review of current research in the area of sexuality and religion, broadly defined...read more

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Product Description: 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...read more

Product Description: Under the rubric of 'Religions of the East', which includes Buddhism, Hinduism, Sikhism, Janiism and a myriad of Chinese religio-philosophies, are a vast range of views concerning human sexuality. These contrasting attitudes are mapped through this volume on Religions of the East in The Library of Essays on Sexuality and Religion series...read more

Product Description: This series surveys the comparable and contrasting relationship between religion and sexuality observable in both the established major and minor religions, as well as in new expressions of religiosity and spirituality. The four volumes draw upon previous and recent articles from a number of disciplines including anthropology, sociology, religious studies and theology and provide scholars and students with an authoritative and convenient reference source...read more

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Offers married couples a Christian perspective on sex, and explains how to improve communication and build a lasting relationship

Examines physical and emotional risks of premarital sexual intimacy and promotes the value of chastity and developing a personal plan to remain chaste until marriage, when sex is to be enjoyed as God intended.

In the postholocaust Mojave desert, the Turbo Cowboys participate in a race involving all cycle groups, the winners of which will be declared the best riders in the desert, and end up turning a dishonest team, the Iron Horsemen, into the authorities.

Product Description: Book by Bynum, Caroline W., Harrell, Stevan, Richman, Paula