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245 00 $aSex, marriage, and family in world religions /$cedited by Don S. Browning, M. Christian Green, John Witte, Jr.
246 18 $aSex, marriage, & family in world religions
260 $aNew York :$bColumbia University Press,$c[2006], ©2006.
300 $axxix, 461 pages ;$c25 cm
336 $atext$btxt$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$bn$2rdamedia
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
505 00 $g1.$tJudaism /$rMichael S. Berger --$g2.$tChristianity /$rLuke Timothy Johnson and Mark D. Jordan --$g3.$tIslam /$rAzizah al-Hibri and Raja' M. El Habti --$g4.$tHinduism /$rPaul B. Courtright --$g5.$tBuddhism /$rAlan Cole --$g6.$tConfucianism /$rPatricia Buckley Ebrey.
520 1 $a"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."--BOOK JACKET.
650 0 $aSex$xReligious aspects.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85120553
650 0 $aMarriage$xReligious aspects.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh85081424
650 0 $aFamilies$xReligious aspects.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/subjects/sh96004861
700 1 $aBrowning, Don S.$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n80023173
700 1 $aGreen, M. Christian$q(Martha Christian),$d1968-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n2002103822
700 1 $aWitte, John,$cJr.,$d1959-$0http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n87879377
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