Religious Studies

TH334 Religion and Sex

Description

This course seeks to examine the importance of sex and the body in history of religions. It will show how religion and sex are presented in both ancient traditions and modern commercial contexts and will explore why sex is central to the religious life. The course will take a series of case studies in both Eastern and Western traditions to show different historical aspects of religion and sex. The aim is to show how religion both promotes and conceals sex and the ways that such issues are represented in modernity.

Reading

Preliminary

  • Jordon, M: The Ethics of Sex, Oxford: Blackwell, 2002
  • King, U. (ed): Religion and Gender, Oxford: Blackwell 1995
  • Manning, C. & Zuckerman, P: Sex and Religion, Belmont: Thomson Wadsworth, 2005
  • Runzo, J. & Martin, N.M: Love, Sex and Gender in the World Religions Oxford: One World, 2000

Factsheet

Credits 15 (7.5 ECTS)
Level Certificate
Term Autumn
Assessment Two essays (2,500 words each)

Religious Studies, School of European Culture and Languages, University of Kent, Canterbury, Kent, CT2 7NF

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Last Updated: 31/10/2011