How does religion relate to bodies and sexualities? Many people would answer, simply, "through repression," but the relationship is much more complicated than t

Taking the notion of embodiment as a starting point, this volume maps the interconnecting relationships between religion, gender and sexuality. The chapters hig

God and the Body addresses the challenges to traditional Christianity by gay and lesbian Christians and their critics within the church. This controversial book

Exploring the intersection between religion, gender and sexuality within the context of everyday life, this volume examines contested identities, experiences, b

The Body in Religion: Cross-Cultural Perspectives surveys influential ways in which the body is imagined and deployed in religious practices and beliefs across