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	Religion and Sexuality
		First Corinthians recognizes the sacredness of the body and sexual relationships, reinforces that sexual desire is part of life, and respects the importance of mutual and egalitarian pleasure and responsibility in intimate relationships.
		Paul underscored that sexual relations are sacred and not to be engaged in lightly.
		Just as it is today, sexuality in biblical times was a source of pleasure and intimacy as well as misery and distress.
	www.siecus.org /religion/reli0001.html (4022 words)

	Reuniting Sexuality and Spirituality
		Sexual sin lies in the dualistic alienation by which the body becomes an object, either to be constrained out of fear (the Victorian approach) or to be treated as a pleasure machine (the Playboy philosophy).
		Sexual sanctification can mean growth in bodily self-acceptance, in the capacity for sensuousness, in the capacity for play, in the diffusion of the erotic throughout the body (rather than in its genitalization) and in the embrace of the androgynous possibility.
		Act-oriented sexual ethics had dominated most of the Christian tradition, bearing the assumption that the rightness or wrongness of a particular sexual expression could be ascertained by the intrinsic value or disvalue of the action itself, without serious consideration of the relational context.
	www.religion-online.org /showarticle.asp?title=114 (3275 words)

	Sexuality and Religion Links
		Notes: Created to assist religious institutions and groups in providing healthy and responsible sexuality education in the context of religious and theological study.
		Notes: An international, multi-faith network of progressive feminist religious scholars and leaders relates religion to the issues of population, consumption/ecology, reproductive health and the empowerment of women.
		To empower Muslim LBT women to deal with the issues they face resulting from their sexual orientation and/or gender (identity) within the context of their ethnic, cultural and/or religious background.
	www.brandeis.edu /projects/fse/Pages/linksreligion.html (349 words)

	Sexuality - Relationships - Religion
		Alana feels that sexuality is a very important expression because we are in the body and are physical beings.
		Sexuality also is an an important part of relationships and learning how to relate to others.
		When sexuality is not respected by one partner not understanding the other partners needs and values it brings up the subject of power again.
	www.askalana.com /alanas_answers/sexuality-3.shtml (399 words)

	Gregorian Bivolaru - Contemplative Sexuality, Tantra, Taoism
		Sexual YOGA consists in the awakening of the Serpent, as well as in its controlled ascent from the roots of the spinal tree to the branches.
		One of the first steps of the contemplative sexuality is the discovery of the profundity and pleasure of the most simple contacts, which are generally considered either as having little to do with the sexual act or as being preliminary to it.
		The term 'sexual act' in its usual sense is not proper for it defines a limited area of experience and we have seen from above that in contemplative sexuality this area encompasses the whole Universe.
	sivasakti.com /grieg/contemplative-sexuality.html (2286 words)

	Religion
		The Religion Department seeks to provide specialized courses for students majoring in the discipline, and general courses for students interested in religion but who are pursuing other majors.
		Majors in Religion and Philosophy and Religion and History are offered jointly with the Philosophy and History Departments, respectively.
		Focus on the Bible's treatment of general themes in the study of religion such as ideas of the holy, religious language and myth, ritual, monotheism and goddess worship, prophecy, theodicy, salvation, gender, the religious value of the secular, and interpretation.
	www.wheatoncollege.edu /Catalog/REL (1853 words)

	Certificate in Sexuality and Religion
		In these painful debates, religion and the interpretation of religious texts and practices often play a defining role in the status and treatment of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgendered (LGBT) people in religious congregations and the broader society.
		The Certificate in Sexuality and Religion (CSR) is a professional development certificate program that provides specialized training in the intersections of sexuality, sexual orientation, gender identity, and religion.
		Courses are offered throughout the year and online, and each course addresses the critical need for education and leadership on issues of religion and sexuality, particularly in communities of faith.
	www.clgs.org /6/6_1.html (145 words)

	Education, Sexuality, Religion
		In Education and Scholarship we seek to increase educational access and quality for the disadvantaged, to educate new leaders and thinkers and to foster knowledge and curriculum supportive of inclusion, development and civic life.
		Sexuality and Reproductive Health, a field addressed in all three of the foundation’s program divisions, supports efforts to build knowledge, develop policy and deepen public understanding of sexuality and its relationship to human fulfillment, culture, religion and identity.
		In Religion, Society and Culture we examine the role of religious traditions of the world in shaping social values, with the goal of strengthening the contribution of these traditions to creating just, healthy and pluralistic societies.
	www.fordfound.org /program/education.cfm (237 words)

	Joho the Blog: Justice, Religion, Sexuality
		As I read the Justice’s words, it seemed increasingly likely that the present stresses over sexuality in the church will not be resolved by new arguments, or even by new attention to arguments that presently have been relegated to the sidelines of the public strutting contest.
		Why Dr. Laura became the born again Jew, was that trying to live up to the expectations of women in the secular society wasn't working for her.
		Religion is a powerful tool for dealing with life.
	www.hyperorg.com /blogger/mtarchive/002670.html (3384 words)

	Religion and Sexuality: an Introduction to the Issues
		Restrictions religious institutions have put on sexual partners include: proscribing all sexual behavior; limiting sexual behavior to relationships blessed by the religious institution; suggesting strongly that sexual behavior be limited to partners in a loving, committed relationship; and/or teaching that sexual relationships are complicated and should only be entered into with extreme caution.
		Some traditions do not consider sexuality to be a specific category of human behavior, but expect people to regard sexuality using the same ethical or moral guidelines as for other behavior.
		While most religious organizations are content to use their own policies to encourage or enforce sexual behavior among their officers, employees and members, some have attempted to mold civil law to reflect their understanding of sexuality.
	www.iwgonline.org /sexuality (887 words)

	Sexuality Education and Religion?
		The overall feeling I received about sexuality was: "It's a deep secret, it's kind of dirty, and you save it for the one you love!" But, I spent hours sharing knowledge and curiosity with my girlfriends and combing the drug store for 'just' the magazine that would give me the information I wanted and needed.
		Because sexuality is often used to influence, manipulate, and control others in ways that are harmful and destructive to the body and spirit, faith communities are called to support an ethic of human sexuality that embraces healing and health, justice and mutuality.
		Youth have told me that having sexuality education classes in their faith communities has been the best gift their church has ever given them—a place where any question will be answered and where guilt and fear have not been used as a way to control them.
	www.advocatesforyouth.org /parents/experts/hanson.htm (842 words)

	Youth Assertiveness
		The congregationally involved teens take sexual intercourse seriously, but they are not in full agreement with their faith-based institutions concerning the morality of premarital intercourse.
		Ninety-three percent of teens agreed with this statement: "Sexual intercourse should only happen between people who have a commitment to each other." The same percentage believe their congregation thinks that premarital intercourse is wrong, but only 54.1% of the teens personally agree that it is wrong.
		Thirty percent of the clergy preferred an abstinence-only approach to sexuality education, 4% felt that sexuality education should only be in the home, and 4% favored comprehensive sexuality education without an abstinence emphasis.
	www.churchstuff.com /faithmatters.html (1316 words)

	Sexuality
		For Kingsley, according to Maynard, religion and sexuality are thoroughly intermingled.
		Religion ; Sexuality ; Celibacy ; Hypatia ; Westward Ho!
		This sexual connotation, according to Trevor, “explains the passionate hatred evident on every page of the pamphlet in which he set out to settle the score of twenty years” (328).
	www2.bc.edu /~rappleb/kingsley/KSexuality.html (2488 words)

	The Post: Religion, sexuality converge
		Topics relating to homosexuality and religion were discussed at the celebration.
		Freshman Stephanie Dean is still facing the struggles and hardships of combining homosexuality and religion, she said.
		Dean said she feels a sense of shame in her spirituality because she is gay but knows that she shouldn't have to feel that way.
	thepost.baker.ohiou.edu /archives/archives/101698/603.html (564 words)

	Religion and Sexuality in Local Context
		The Religion, Sexuality, and Public Policy Project, funded by the Ford Foundation, is the Park Ridge Center's most systematic effort to study the intersection of religion and sexuality.
		The overarching purpose of this multiphase project is to help policy makers understand a wide variety of issues in the interrelationship between religion and sexuality in various cultures and regions of the world, and attendant consequences for public policy.
		Position statements on sexual issues from numerous religious traditions were gathered and collated during an early phase of the project.
	www.parkridgecenter.org /Page179.html (4203 words)

	The Center For Sexuality and Religion
		The primary goal of CSR is to establish the positive relationship between human sexuality, spiritual health and justice by providing clergy and laity with information, education, training, techniques and skills that foster and advocate the attitudes and values for sexual and spiritual health and justice.
		Religion and sexuality is an important and sensitive issue, which is not openly discussed within faith communities.
		Religion and sexuality are important and sensitive issues, which many times, are not openly discussed.
	www.ctrsr.org /press.asp (2368 words)

	ARSRC Training: Understanding Human Sexuality Seminar Series (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08)
		The theme was Sexuality and Social Institutions, with a Focus on Religion, Beliefs and Marriage.
		Professor Matthews Ojo’s paper on "Religion and Sexuality: Individuality, Choice and Sexual Rights in Nigerian Christianity" focused on the teachings of the Pentecostal Church on sexual rights, asserting that regulation of sexuality and sexual behaviour is important to many religious groups in Nigeria.
		He concluded that sexuality is confined to the sacred space established by Biblical doctrine and the church moderates individual choices regarding sexual rights.
	www.arsrc.org /training/uhsss/uhsss004_nig.htm (590 words)

	Questions and Answers on Religion and Sexuality
		Even if Jesus desired such with one or more of his disciples (and there is no automatic reason to suppose that) his messianic pretensions would surely have ruled it out as one too many contraventions of the existing Law while suspicion around him for it would have subverted his already too contested role.
		It is not a situation that need be taken to imply that either sex or homosex are deemed unacceptably sinful by Jesus and on the contrary it is argued in Signs, that Jesus was aware of same sex issues and indirectly cancelled out the laws regarding same sex relations, initiating a basis for change.
		While my thesis is not concerned with Jesus' sexuality its Heresy section does include a deconstructive/reconstructive analysis of Paul and his attitudes to sex which I think has relevance to anyone's reading of his religiously influential texts.
	www.rollanmccleary.com /religionquestions1.html (3197 words)

	Certificate in Sexuality and Religion Features and Requirements
		The Certificate in Sexuality and Religion (CSR) is a professional development certificate providing specialized training in the intersections of sexuality, sexual orientation, gender identity, and religion.
		Seminary students, clergy and lay leaders, mostly from but not limited to Protestant and Catholic traditions, who want to be better equipped to lead the often painful conversations and important constructive actions required to advance the full inclusion of LGBT people within their faith communities.
		Theology, ethics, and sexual identity, including discussion of the limits and conditions of appropriate sexual conduct.
	www.clgs.org /6/6_1_1.html (516 words)

	Religion & Sexuality
		Polygamy among the Mormons, by contrast, was not a foundation of their religion, nor did it seek to destroy the nuclear family.
		The main tenet of Oneida religion was complex marriage, in which anyone can have sexual relations with anyone else as long as they did not create exclusive emotional attachments.
		Polygamy became the purge of the Mormon religion: it separated the wheat from the chaff.
	mysite.verizon.net /vze1jwrf/msteinke/6244 (1719 words)

	Bernadette Brooten—Religion and Culture: Meeting the Challenge of Pluralism, a Ford Foundation project
		Bernadette Brooten is an expert on sexual ethics and sexual violence and the role of religious communities.
		Brooten is currently focused on creating a new sexual ethics within Christianity, Judaism and Islam—an ethics system that is based on mutuality and consent rather than the traditional moral values of authority, obedience, honor and shame.
		She is specifically focused on the intersection of religion, slavery, sexuality and gender.
	www.religionandpluralism.org /BernadetteBrooten.htm (387 words)

	Love, Sexuality and Spirituality - Sexuality is divine and a firm part of spirituality
		Hence sexuality never can and never should be excluded from religion as it is the single most direct and most efficient exchange of physical and spiritual love between partners.
		Dissolving spiritual blockages in your sexual behavior thus is one of the greatest steps forward on your spiritual path and may give you the greatest push and uplift.
		sexuality often is abused as a "weapon" to seduce - to attract - to punish (by refusing love), a weapon abused to achieve goals of the ego.
	www.kriyayoga.com /english/on_your_wings/sexuality.htm (7996 words)

	Religion and Sexuality Syllabus
		Papers will be graded according to depth of research and understanding of the aspects of both sexuality and of the religion covered.
		This course is designed to introduce college students to some of the ethical dimensions of sexuality and of five of the the world's religions.
		ATTENDANCE: Since course objectives center around grasping the essential aspects of variety of religions and several aspects of sexuality in a short time, it is crucial that you be present and participate in class discussions.
	home.cinci.rr.com /rkenney/RSsyl.html (3426 words)

	234 Worship Service on Sexuality Education and Religion
		Sexuality education is important because the lives of our children depend on our ability to communicate to them about the beauty and power of sexual intimacy.
		Erin Fitzgerald reflected on the role of sexuality education in the recent history of Unitarian Universalism in her sermon on "Where We've Been".
		Comfort with one's own sexuality and the sexuality of others seems to be a hallmark of AYS graduates.
	www.uua.org /ga/ga99/234.html (827 words)

	Certificate in Sexuality and Religion - Pacific School of Religion
		PSR's new Certificate in Sexuality and Religion (CSR) is designed to develop and nurture such leadership by providing a unique program focusing on the theological, historical, ethical, pastoral, and practical dimensions of sexuality, sexual orientation, and gender identity.
		The CSR is a professional development certificate providing specialized training in sexuality, sexual orientation, gender identity, and religion.
		Seminary students, clergy and lay leaders from Protestant and Catholic traditions who want to be better equipped to lead the often painful conversations and important constructive actions required to advance the full inclusion of LGBT people within their faith communities.
	www.psr.edu /page.cfm?l=256 (768 words)

	Interfaith House - Brown University
		But "that doesn't mean that every time you have a sexual impulse you should follow it," she said.
		Other issues addressed by the group included traditional views of sexuality as they relate to those in religious service, the obstacles religion poses to homosexuality and the taboos surrounding non−monogamous and non−marital sexual relations.
		Rankin told The Herald she hoped students would not leave the discussion believing they needed to change their sexual behavior, but rather feeling as if they had challenged the traditions they normally take for granted.
	brown.edu /Students/Interfaith_Program_House/news/religionsexualitypanel11182003.html (477 words)

	Religion and Sexuality in American Literature. - book reviews Christian Century - Find Articles
		In fact, as Religion and Sexuality describes, the prospects for a misstep were numerous.
		The minister was perceived as the unassailable "man of God." Whatever adolescent or seductive behavior a minister might exhibit, he would be judged innocent by virtually all male and also female writers of the time.
		Religion and Sexuality is both intricate and wide-ranging and fulfills its promise of covering both male and female perspectives.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_m1058/is_n33_v110/ai_14699463 (613 words)

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