Men's Bodies, Men's Gods : : Male Identities in a (Post) Christian Culture / / Bjorn Krondorfer.
Men's Bodies, Men's Gods explores the intersection of body, religion, and culture from the specific perspective of male identities. How are male bodies constructed in different historical periods and contexts? How do race, ethnicity, and sexual preference impact on the intersection of male...
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Superior document: | Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter New York University Press Archive eBook-Package Pre-2000 |
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Place / Publishing House: | New York, NY : : New York University Press, , [1996] ©1996 |
Year of Publication: | 1996 |
Language: | English |
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Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
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Other title: | Frontmatter -- Contents -- Illustrations -- Acknowledgments -- Contributors -- PART I. Male Gender and Religion -- ONE. Introduction -- TWO. Three Arguments for the Elimination of Masculinity -- PART II. Male Bodies and the Construction of Religious Identity -- THREE. Growing Up Christian and Male: One Man's Experience -- FOUR. Black Bodies, Whose Body?African American Men in XODUS -- FIVE. Empowerment: The Construction of Gay Religious Identities -- PART III. Male Sexual Identity and the Religious Body -- SIX. Bringing Good News to the Body: Masturbation and Male Identity -- SEVEN. Facing the Body on the Cross: A Gay Man's Reflections on Passion and Crucifixion -- PART IV. Male Friendships -- EIGHT. Men and Christian Friendship -- NINE. "The Manly Love of Comrades": Mythico-Religious Models for an Athletics of Male-Male Friendship -- PART V. Men's Bodies in Contemporary Culture and Religion -- TEN. The Confines of Male Confessions: On Religion, Bodies, and Mirrors -- ELEVEN. Can Men Worship?Reflections on Male Bodies in Bad Faith and a Theology of Authenticity -- TWELVE. The Masculinity of Jesus in Popular Religious Art -- THIRTEEN. Baring the Flesh: Aspects of Contemporary Male Iconography -- PART VI. Concluding Overview -- FOURTEEN. Epilogue -- Index |
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Summary: | Men's Bodies, Men's Gods explores the intersection of body, religion, and culture from the specific perspective of male identities. How are male bodies constructed in different historical periods and contexts? How do race, ethnicity, and sexual preference impact on the intersection of male bodies and religious identity? Does Christianity provide models to cope with the aging and ailing male body? Does it provide models for intimacy between men and women? Between men and men? And, how do men reflect the carnal dimensions of power, abuse, and justice? |
Format: | Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. |
ISBN: | 9780814763612 9783110716924 |
DOI: | 10.18574/nyu/9780814763612.001.0001 |
Access: | restricted access |
Hierarchical level: | Monograph |
Statement of Responsibility: | Bjorn Krondorfer. |