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Titre(s) : Sex, marriage, and family in world religions [Texte imprimé] / edited by Don S. Browning, M. Christian Green, John Witte, Jr.
Publication : New York : Columbia University Press, c2006
Description matérielle : xxix, 461 p. ; 25 cm
Comprend : 1. Judaism / Michael S. Berger ; Introduction ; The Hebrew Bible ; The Elephantine
marriage contract ; Hellenistic Jewish philosophy in the wisdom of Ben Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)
; The Damascus document of the Dead Sea Scrolls ; Josephus on marriage law ; Mishnah
on procreation, marriage, and divorce ; The Babylonian Talmud ; Aggadic Midrash
on marriage and family ; The Babylonian Talmud on marital sex ; The Babylonian ordinance
from the academy on divorce ; The ordinances of Rabbi Gershom (The Light of the Exile)
; Medieval marriage contracts from the Cairo Geniza ; Love poetry from the Golden
Age of Spain ; The order of the Get ; Maimonides on sex ; Jewish mysticism on marriage
and sex ; The Book of the pious of medieval Germany ; "The epistle on holiness"
('Iggeret Ha-qodesh') ; Exchange between Napoleon and the Jewish "Sanhedrin" on issues
of marriage ; Contemporary developments in Jewish marriage contracts ; Reform opinion
on patrilineal and matrilineal descent.
2. Christianity / Luke Timothy Johnson, Mark D. Jordan ; Introduction ; Creation
and fall in the book of Genesis ; The Greco-Roman context ; Hellenistic Jewish moral
instruction ; Gospels of Matthew and Luke ; Paul's letters to the Corinthians and
Ephesians ; Apocryphal Christian texts ; Augustine of Hippo ; John Chrysostom ;
Peter Lombard ; The Fourth Lateran Council ; Thomas Aquinas ; Mechthild of Magdeburg
; Martin Luther ; Anglican Book of common prayer (1549) ; John Calvin ; The Council
of Trent ; George Fox ; A contemporary critique of sexual ethics ; A womanist critique
of family theology ; A contemporary liturgy for same-sex unions.
3. Islam / Azizah al-Hibri, Raja̕ M. El Habti ; Introduction ; Creation and the identity
of origin of women and men ; The fall from the garden and gender equality ; The
marriage contract ; Consent to marriage ; Mahr : the obligatory marital gift ;
Other stipulations in the marriage contract ; Marital relations ; Polygamy ; Marital
conflict ; Divorce ; Sexual ethics ; Rights within the family.
4. Hinduism / Paul B. Courtright ; Introduction ; Rig Veda 10.85 : the marriage hymn
; The Gṛhya-sutras : the wedding ceremony ; Laws of Manu ; The Kāmasūtra ;
Divine marriage : Śiva and Pārvatī ; The karma of marriage : the king's wife,
the Brahmin's wife, and the ogre ; A contemporary Hindu marriage ceremony ; "Counting
the flowers," a short story / Chudamani Raghavan, translated from the Tamil by the
author.
5. Buddhism / Alan Cole ; Introduction ; The beginning of the world ; The joys of
ascetism ; Married life versus life of the ascetic ; Songs by Buddhist women ;
The conversion of the nun, Paṭācārā ; The Buddha accepts his aunt, Gotamī, as
a nun ; The Buddha's renunciation of his family ; Confusion over the Buddha as a
fertility god ; Buddhism as a threat to the Indian family ; The Buddha's advice
for laity ; An early Buddha lineage ; East Asian Buddhism : an overview ; The sutra
on the filial son ; The ghost festival sutra ; The sutra on the profound kindness
of parents ; The Blood Bowl sutra.
6. Confucianism / Patricia Buckley Ebrey ; Introduction ; The Book of poetry (Shi
jing) ; The Analects (Lunyu) of Confucius ; Mencius on filial piety ; Historical
incidents from the Zuo zhuan ; Record of ritual ; The Record of ritual of the elder
Dai ; The Classic of filial piety ; Lives of model women ; Admonitions for women
; Filial sons ; Mr. Yan's family instructions ; The classic of filial piety for
women ; Yuan Cai on concubines ; Zhu Xi on family and marriage ; Sexual offenses
in the code of the Qing Dynasty ; Advice to local officials on handling sexual offenses
; Qing legal cases concerning sexual offenses ; Chen Duxiu on the way of Confucius
and modern life ; Feng Youlan on the philosophy at the basis of traditional Chinese
society.
Note(s) : Includes bibliographical references and index
"Spanning thousands of years, this new collection brings together writings and teachings
about sex, marriage, and family from the Jewish, Christian, Islamic, Hindu, Buddhist,
and Confucian traditions. Chosen and introduced by leading scholars of each religion,
the volume's selections include a wide array of traditional texts. The book also contains
contemporary writings, responding to the changing mores and conditions of modern life."
"Sex, Marriage and Family in World Religions reveals the similarities and differences
among the various religions and the development of ideas and teachings within each
tradition. It sheds light on each religion's views on a wide variety of subjects,
including sexuality and sexual pleasure, the meaning and purpose of marriage, the
role of betrothal, the status of women, the place of romance, grounds for divorce,
celibacy, and sexual deviance."--Jacket
Autre(s) auteur(s) : Browning, Don Spencer (1934-2010). Éditeur scientifique
Green, Martha Christian (1968-....). Éditeur scientifique
Witte, John (1959-....). Éditeur scientifique
Autre(s) forme(s) du titre :
- Titre de couverture : Sex, marriage, & family in world religions
Sujet(s) : Sexualité -- Religion
Mariage -- Aspect religieux
Famille -- Religion
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 023113116X (cloth) (alk. paper). - ISBN 0231505191. - ISBN 9780231505192. - ISBN
9780231131162. - ISBN 9780231131179 (pbk.). - ISBN 0231131178 (pbk.)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb42691110g
Notice n° :
FRBNF42691110
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