Overview
- Explores the concept of "good sex" from the perspective of liberation theology
- Overturns the traditional understanding of Christianity as being sex negative
- Offers a way toward good sex and a celebration of desire
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About this book
What is good sex from the perspective of liberation theology? Thia Cooper argues that sex can be a way to know God. God created humans with a desire to be in relation with each other. From this understanding, sexual desire, sex, and partnerships are re-imagined positively. Good sex is enjoyable and mutual, an aspect of communion. Good sexual relationships share power, empower the participants, and the wider community. From the perspective of liberation theologies and an analysis of biblical texts, the Christian tradition, and the reality of our sexual experience, this book reframes theologies of partnership, sex work, and reproduction through the celebration of desire and sex.
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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Thia Cooper is Associate Professor of Religion at Gustavus Adolphus College, USA and editor of The Re-Emergence of Liberation Theologies: Models for the Twenty-first Century (Palgrave, 2013)
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: A Christian Guide to Liberating Desire, Sex, Partnership, Work, and Reproduction
Authors: Thia Cooper
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-70896-6
Publisher: Palgrave Pivot Cham
eBook Packages: Religion and Philosophy, Philosophy and Religion (R0)
Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-70895-9Published: 27 November 2017
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-70896-6Published: 16 November 2017
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 121
Topics: Religion and Gender, Gender and Sexuality, Ethnicity, Class, Gender and Crime, Culture and Gender, Sexual Behavior, Politics and Gender