Religion and Sexual Health Ethical, Theological, and Clinical Perspectives

Religious beliefs and attitudes have long been recognized as playing an important role in sexual functioning, but the relationship between religion and sexual behavior has rarely been studied in a comprehensive way. The essays in this volume bring the views of sex counsellors, therapists. theologian...

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors: Green, R.M. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1992, 1992
Edition:1st ed. 1992
Series:Theology and Medicine
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • Section I: Religion and Sexual Ethics
  • Christianity and Sexuality
  • Sexual Ethics in the Roman Catholic Tradition
  • Body Theology and Human Sexuality
  • Whose Sexuality? Whose Tradition? Women, Experience, and Roman Catholic Sexual Ethics
  • Contempt or Communion? Biblical Theology Faces Homosexual Inclusion
  • Western Religion and the Patriarchal Family
  • Section II: The Experience of Churchgoers
  • Expanding the Range of Clinical Concerns in Sexual Development
  • Section III: Clinical Encounters with Religion
  • Sexual Adjustment and Religious Training: A Sex Therapist’s Perspective
  • The Influence of Religion on Sexuality: Implications for Sex Therapy
  • Sexual Transgressions of Clergy
  • Issues of Religion, Sexual Adjustment, and the Role of the Pastoral Counselor
  • Conflicts in Crisis: Effects of Religious Belief Systems on Sexual Health
  • To Where Have We Come: Noisy Philosophical Ponderings of a Quiet Mind. An Epiphany
  • Notes on Contributors