God forbid : religion and sex in American public life /

God forbid : religion and sex in American public life / [print] edited by Kathleen M. Sands. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, (c)2000. - x, 269 pages ; 24 cm. - Religion in America series . - Religion in America series (Oxford University Press) .

Includes bibliographies and index.

Decentering sex: rethinking Jewish sexual ethics The social construction of sexuality: implications for the churches Public, pubic, and private: religion in political discourse Church, feminism, and family Why sexual regulation?: family values and social movements Religious liberty, same-sex marriage, and the case of Reconstructionist Judaism The policing of poor Black women's sexual reproduction Too sexy for words: the changing vocabulary of religious ethics The Bible, heterosexism, and the American public discussion of sexual orientation Religion and reproductive policy Reproductive technologies: ethical and religious issues Politicians, pastors, and pimps: Christianity and prostitution policies Judith Plaskow -- Christine E. Gudorf -- Kathleen M. Sands -- Rosemary Radford Ruether -- Janet R. Jakobsen -- Rebecca T. Alpert -- Traci C. West -- Mary E. Hunt -- L. William Countryman -- Daniel C. Maguire -- Thomas A. Shannon -- "To make martyrs of their children": "female genital mutilation", religious legitimation, and the Constitution James McBride -- Rita Nakashima Brock.



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Sexual ethics--United States.
Sex--Religious aspects.--United States
Sex and Law--United States.

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