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Laddar... Sexuality and New Religious Movements (Palgrave Studies in New Religions and Alternative Spiritualities)av Henrik Bogdan
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Issues relating to sexuality, eroticism and gender are often connected to religious beliefs and practices, but also to prejudices against and fear of religious groups that adopt alternative approaches to sexuality. This is especially apparent in connection with new religious movements, which many times find themselves accused by the media and anti-cultists of promoting illicit and controversial views on sexuality. This anthology aims to critically investigate the role of sexuality in a number of new religious movements, including Mormon fundamentalist communities, the Branch Davidians, the Osho movement, the Raël movement, contemporary Wicca and Satanism, in addition to the teachings of Adidam and Gurdjieff on sexuality. Inga biblioteksbeskrivningar kunde hittas. |
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 Google Books — Laddar...GenrerMelvil Decimal System (DDC)201.7Religions Religion Religious mythology, general classes of religion, interreligious relations and attitudes, social theology Attitudes of religions toward social issuesKlassifikation enligt LCBetygMedelbetyg: (2)
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I felt a sense of hesitation among most of the writers to engage in talk about sex, and instead opting for gender dynamics and power structures. Only passing mention of sexual feelings, orientation, expressions, or practices occur in most of the articles. Due to this, the title of the compilation seems a bit misleading. While gender studies in NRMs are certainly a worthwhile and interesting topic, it's not sexuality.
The few articles that do address sexuality unfortunately seem to also be the ones that lack the academic rigor that one would expect from a textbook.
On top of this, the cover features the Lust card from Aleister Crowley and Lady Frieda Harris's Thoth Tarot. Not a single article addresses Crowley, Thelema, or adjacent topics. This further adds to the deceptive but inevitable "judgement by the cover".
If you are looking for some good articles about gender and power dynamics in NRMs, then there's something for you here. If you are looking for an academic study of sexuality in NRMs, maybe try somewhere else. (