Sex These Days: Essays on Theology, Sexuality and Society
By (Author) Jon Davies
Edited by Gerard Loughlin
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Sheffield Academic Press
1st June 1997
United Kingdom
Tertiary Education
Non Fiction
Christianity
Religious social and pastoral thought and activity
Psychology: sexual behaviour
Theology
261.8357
Paperback
224
Width 156mm, Height 234mm
350g
What has been lost, what has been gained, in replacing sexual orthodoxy with the 'heresies' of postmodern sexualities In the recent past-even within living memory-sex has usually been a matter of monogamous heterosexual marriage and the procreation of children. Other sexual practices were seen as deviations from the 'patriarchal' norm. Today things are different, and western liberal societies promote and celebrate a growing multiplicity of sexual, familial and procreational practices and relationships. Nine writers assess the directions in which our societies are being led.
Jon Davies is Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Jon Davies is Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne. Dr Gerard Loughlin is Senior Lecturer and Head of the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.