Sex, Marriage, and Family in World Religions

Erscheinungsjahr 2009
ISBN: 978-0-231-13117-9
Verlag: Columbia University Press

Buch, Englisch, 496 Seiten, Print PDF, Format (B × H): 154 mm x 235 mm, Gewicht: 699 g

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. The volume includes traditional texts as well as contemporary materials showing how the religions have responded to the changing conditions and mores of modern life. It reveals the similarities and differences among the various religions and the development of ideas and teachings within each tradition. Selections shed light on each religion's views on a range 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.

Separate chapters devoted to each religion include introductions by leading scholars that contextualize the readings. The selections are drawn from a variety of genres including ritual, legal, theological, poetic, and mythic texts. The volume contains such diverse examples as the Zohar on conjugal manners, a contemporary Episcopalian liturgy for same-sex unions, Qur'anic passages on the equality of the sexes, the Ka;masu;tra on husbands, wives, and lovers, Buddhist writings on celibacy, and Confucian teachings on filial piety.

Contributors include: Michael S. Berger, Emory University; Azizah Y. al-Hibri, Richmond School of Law; Alan Cole, Lewis and Clark College; Paul B. Courtright, Emory University; Patricia Buckley Ebrey, University of Washington; Raja M. El-Habti, Muslim Women Lawyers for Human Rights; Luke Timothy Johnson, Emory University; Mark D. Jordan, Emory University

Autoren/Hrsg.

Green, M. Christian

Witte, John, Jr.

Browning, Don

Witte Jr., John

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Introduction1. Judaism, by Michael S. BergerIntroductionThe Hebrew BibleThe Elephantine Marriage ContractHellenistic Jewish Philosophy in the Wisdom of Ben Sirach (Ecclesiasticus)The Damascus Document of the Dead Sea ScrollsJosephus on Marriage LawMishnah on Procreation, Marriage, and DivorceThe Babylonian TalmudAggadic Midrash on Marriage and FamilyThe Babylonian Talmud on Marital SexThe Babylonian Ordinance from the Academy on DivorceThe Ordinances of Rabbi Gershom (The Light of the Exile)Medieval Marriage Contracts from the Cairo GenizaLove Poetry from the Golden Age of SpainThe Order of the GetMaimonides on SexJewish Mysticism on Marriage and SexThe Book of the Pious of Medieval GermanyThe Epistle on Holiness ("Iggeret Ha-qodesh")Exchange Between Napoleon and the Jewish "Sanhedrin" on Issues of MarriageContemporary Developments in Jewish Marriage ContractsReform Opinion on Patrilineal and Matrilineal Descent2. Christianity, by Luke Timothy Johnson and Mark D. JordanIntroductionCreation and the Fall in the Book of GenesisThe Greco-Roman ContextHellenistic Jewish Moral InstructionGospels of Matthew and LukePaul's Letters to the Corinthians and EphesiansApocryphal Christian TextsAugustine of HippoJohn ChrysostomPeter LombardThe Fourth Lateran CouncilThomas AquinasMechthild of MagdeburgMartin LutherAnglican Book of Common Prayer (1549) John CalvinThe Council of TrentGeorge FoxA Contemporary Critique of Sexual EthicsA Womanist Critique of Family TheologyA Contemporary Liturgy for Same-Sex Unions3. Islam, by Azizah al-Hibri and Raja' M. El HabtiIntroductionCreation and the Identity of Origin of Women and MenThe Fall from the Garden and Gender EqualityThe Marriage ContractConsent to MarriageMahr: The Obligatory Marital GiftMarital RelationsPolygamyMarital ConflictDivorceSexual EthicsRights Within the Family4. Hinduism, by Paul B. CourtrightIntroductionRig Veda 10.85: The Marriage HymnThe Grhya-Sutras: The Wedding CeremonyLaws of ManuThe Kamasutra Divine Marriage: Sivaiva and ParvatiThe Karma of Marriage: The King's Wife, the Brahmin's Wife, and the OgreA Contemporary Hindu Marriage Ceremony"Counting the Flowers," a Short Story by Chudamani Raghavan, Translated from the Tamil by the Author5. Buddhism, Alan ColeIntroductionThe Beginning of the WorldThe Joys of AscetismMarried Life Versus Life of the AsceticSongs by Buddhist WomenThe Conversion of the Nun, PatacaraThe Buddha Accepts His Aunt, Gotami, as a NunThe Buddha's Renunciation of His FamilyConfusion Over the Buddha as a Fertility GodBuddhism as a Threat to the Indian FamilyThe Buddha’s Advice for LaityAn Early Buddha LineageEast Asian Buddhism: An OverviewThe 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 EbreyIntroductionThe Book of Poetry (Shi jing) The Analects (Lunyu) of ConfuciusMencius on Filial PietyHistorical Incidents from the Zuo zhuan Record of Ritual The Record of Ritual of the Elder Dai The Classic of Filial Piety Lives of Model WomenAdmonitions for WomenFilial SonsMr. Yan's Family Instructions The Classic of Filial Piety for Women Yuan Cai on ConcubinesZhu Xi on Family and MarriageSexual Offenses in the Code of the Qing DynastyAdvice to Local Officials on Handling Sexual OffensesQing Legal Cases Concerning Sexual OffensesChen Duxiu on the Way of Confucius and Modern LifeFeng Youlan on the Philosophy at the Basis of Traditional Chinese SocietyIndex

Über Autor(innen)

Don S. Browning is the Alexander Campbell Professor Emeritus of Religious Ethics and the Social Sciences at the University of Chicago. He is the author or editor of more than forty books, including Marriage and Modernization: How Globalization Threatens Marriage and What to Do About It.M. Christian Green is senior fellow and senior lecturer in the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University and author of a forthcoming title on fatherhood in the Western tradition.John Witte Jr. is the Jonas Robitscher Professor of Law, Alonzo L. McDonald Distinguished Professor, and director of the Center for the Study of Law and Religion at Emory University. He has published twenty-four books, including The Teachings of Modern Christianity on Law, Politics, and Human Nature.