Eros and Touch from a Pagan Perspective: Divided for Love's Sake

Within the past twenty years, contemporary Pagan leaders, progressive Christian and Goddess theologians, advocates for queer and BDSM communities, and therapeutic bodyworkers have all begun to speak forcefully about the sacredness of the body and of touch. Many assert that the erotic is a divinely transformative force, both for personal development and for social change. Although "the erotic" includes sexuality, it is not limited to it; access to connected nonsexual touch is as profound a need as that for sexual freedom and health. In this book, Christine Hoff Kraemer brings together an academic background in religious studies and theology with lived experience as a professional bodyworker and contemporary Pagan practitioner. Arguing that the erotic is a powerful moral force that can ground a system of ethics, Kraemer integrates approaches from queer theology, therapeutic bodywork, and sexual minority advocacy into a contemporary Pagan religious framework. Addressing itself to liberal religious people of many faiths, Eros and Touch from a Pagan Perspective approaches the right to pleasure as a social justice issue and proposes a sacramental practice of mindful, consensual touch.

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Eros and Touch from a Pagan Perspective: Divided for Love's Sake

Within the past twenty years, contemporary Pagan leaders, progressive Christian and Goddess theologians, advocates for queer and BDSM communities, and therapeutic bodyworkers have all begun to speak forcefully about the sacredness of the body and of touch. Many assert that the erotic is a divinely transformative force, both for personal development and for social change. Although "the erotic" includes sexuality, it is not limited to it; access to connected nonsexual touch is as profound a need as that for sexual freedom and health. In this book, Christine Hoff Kraemer brings together an academic background in religious studies and theology with lived experience as a professional bodyworker and contemporary Pagan practitioner. Arguing that the erotic is a powerful moral force that can ground a system of ethics, Kraemer integrates approaches from queer theology, therapeutic bodywork, and sexual minority advocacy into a contemporary Pagan religious framework. Addressing itself to liberal religious people of many faiths, Eros and Touch from a Pagan Perspective approaches the right to pleasure as a social justice issue and proposes a sacramental practice of mindful, consensual touch.

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Eros and Touch from a Pagan Perspective: Divided for Love's Sake

Eros and Touch from a Pagan Perspective: Divided for Love's Sake

by Christine Kraemer
Eros and Touch from a Pagan Perspective: Divided for Love's Sake

Eros and Touch from a Pagan Perspective: Divided for Love's Sake

by Christine Kraemer

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Overview

Within the past twenty years, contemporary Pagan leaders, progressive Christian and Goddess theologians, advocates for queer and BDSM communities, and therapeutic bodyworkers have all begun to speak forcefully about the sacredness of the body and of touch. Many assert that the erotic is a divinely transformative force, both for personal development and for social change. Although "the erotic" includes sexuality, it is not limited to it; access to connected nonsexual touch is as profound a need as that for sexual freedom and health. In this book, Christine Hoff Kraemer brings together an academic background in religious studies and theology with lived experience as a professional bodyworker and contemporary Pagan practitioner. Arguing that the erotic is a powerful moral force that can ground a system of ethics, Kraemer integrates approaches from queer theology, therapeutic bodywork, and sexual minority advocacy into a contemporary Pagan religious framework. Addressing itself to liberal religious people of many faiths, Eros and Touch from a Pagan Perspective approaches the right to pleasure as a social justice issue and proposes a sacramental practice of mindful, consensual touch.


Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781136704802
Publisher: Taylor & Francis
Publication date: 10/23/2013
Sold by: Barnes & Noble
Format: eBook
Pages: 224
File size: 2 MB

About the Author

Christine Hoff Kraemer holds a Ph.D. in Religious and Theological Studies from Boston University. She is an instructor at Cherry Hill Seminary and Managing Editor of the Patheos.com Pagan channel. Kraemer's research focuses on contemporary Paganism, popular culture, body theology, and sexuality, and her publications include Seeking the Mystery: An Introduction to Pagan Theologies (2012) and Graven Images: Religion in Comic Books and Graphic Novels (2010, co-edited with A. David Lewis).

Table of Contents

Introduction; Chapter 1 Divided for Love's Sake; Chapter 2 Politics in the Pit of the Stomach; Chapter 3 Erotic Eclecticism and Divine Deviance; Chapter 4 The Sacrament of Touch; Chapter 5 A Love Stronger than Fear; Conclusion;
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