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049			_aMAIN
100	1		_aDececco, Phd, John.
245	1	0	_aMen, Homosexuality, and the Gods : _ban Exploration into the Religious Significance of Male Homosexuality in World Perspective.
260			_aHoboken : _bTaylor and Francis, _c2013.
300			_a1 online resource (190 pages)
336			_atext _btxt _2rdacontent
337			_acomputer _bc _2rdamedia
338			_aonline resource _bcr _2rdacarrier
505	0		_aCover; Men, Homosexuality, and the Gods; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; Chapter 1. Straight Thinking on Some Not-So-Straightforward Matters; Getting Our Bearings; How Shall We Think of Religion?; What of ""Homosexuality""?; Chapter 2. Holy Homosexuality: Of Men and Semen; The Sambians of Papua New Guinea: It Will Make a Man of You; The Taoists of Ancient China and the Preservation of Life; Chapter 3. Holy Homoeroticism: Splendid Men and Splendor Divine; Plato and the World of Ancient Athens; The Platonism of Islamic Sufism.
505	8		_aChapter 4. Holy Effeminacy: The Native American Berdache As Living War CharmMen and Manhood; Berdaches: Third-Gendered Persons or Unmanned Men?; Chapter 5. Holy Homophobia in the Hebrew Scriptures; Homophobia and the Fear of Exile; The Fear of Death: Anal Intercourse As ""Unsafe Sex""; The Fear of Disorder: Homosexual Sex As Deformity; Alien Worship, Enemy Ways in War; Whose Body Is It Anyway?; Chapter 6. Early Christianity: A Revolution Aborted?; Paul: Food, Sex, Sin, and Taste; Augustine of Hippo: Sex, Homosexuality, Faith, and Death.
505	8		_aChapter 7. The Variegated Lotus: Homosexual Sex and Historical BuddhismThe Nirvanic Transcendence of Desire; Enlightenment and Homosexual Sex in Japan and Tibet; Chapter 8. Struggles on the American Front; A Gay Agenda? And the Social Good; Gay Rights As a Freedom of Religion Issue; The Spiritual Challenge of Contemporary Homophile Movements; Toward a New Poetic of Masculinity; Notes; Bibliography; Index.
520			_aCompare worldwide religious regulations involving gay sex and masculinity! Men, Homosexuality, and the Gods: An Exploration into the Religious Significance of Male Homosexuality in World Perspective is an eye-opening look at the traditions of particular religions and their edicts concerning gay sex. This book examines the origins of holy directives involving homosexuality?whether forbidden, tolerated, or mandatory?and establishes a link between theology, sex roles, and the sensitive issue of masculinity. This text draws a parallel between homosexuality and the idea of religion, sugges.
588	0		_aPrint version record.
650		0	_aMale homosexuality _xReligious aspects.
650		0	_aMasculinity _xReligious aspects.
650		4	_aHomosexuality, Male _xReligious aspects.
650		7	_aRELIGION _xComparative Religion. _2bisacsh
650		7	_aMale homosexuality _xReligious aspects. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01430694
650		7	_aMasculinity _xReligious aspects. _2fast _0(OCoLC)fst01011032
655		4	_aElectronic books.
700	1		_aLong, Ronald.
776	0	8	_iPrint version: _aDececco, Phd, John. _tMen, Homosexuality, and the Gods : An Exploration into the Religious Significance of Male Homosexuality in World Perspective. _dHoboken : Taylor and Francis, ©2013 _z9781560231523
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