Sex, gender and Christianity / edited by Pricilla Pope-Levison and John R. Levison, with a foreward by Patricia O'Connell Killen.

Contributor Pope-Levison, Pricilla.

Imprint:Eugene, OR : Cascade Books, c2012.

Descriptionxxii, 250 p. ; 23 cm.

Note:PART ONE: GENDER, AUTHORITY, AND THE CHURCH: 1. Ideology and experience in the Greek Life of Adam and Eve / John R. (Jack) Levison -- 2. Weaving the sermon: the Wife of Bath's preaching body in the Canterbury Tales / Mikee C. Delony -- 3. Separate spheres and complementarianism in American Christianity: a century's perspective / Priscilla Pope-Levison -- 4. Conversations and intersections: a third-wave feminist approach to gender, Christianity, and theology / Caryn D. Riswold -- PART TWO: GENDER, RACE, AND SOCIETY: 5. In defense of The Bell Jar: exploring vocation, sexuality, and gender / Theresa J. FitzPatrick -- 6. Multiplying masculinities: an overview of contemporary theories of masculinity / David G. Allen -- 7. Discipleship and identity: a theological consideration of race, gender, and the human situation / Brian Bantum -- 8. Is this the new girl order? Representations of post-feminist identities in Sex and the City / Allyson Jule -- PART THREE: GENDER, SEXUALITY, AND MARRIAGE: 9. (Theology of the) body language: Christopher West as Harlequin 2.0 / Karen Trimble Alliaume -- 10. Toward the ideal of companionate marriage in the plays of William Shakespeare / James G. Dixon III -- 11. Beloved sex: healing shame and restoring the sacred in sexuality / Tina Schermer Sellers -- 12. Impossible promises and broken hearts: sexuality and spirituality in campus culture / Antonios Finitsis.

Bibliography Note:Include bibliographical references and index.

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