TY - BOOK ID - 78146340 TI - Men, homosexuality, and the gods : an exploration into the religious significance of male homosexuality in world perspective PY - 2004 SN - 0203057031 1299140599 1136568166 9781136568169 9780203057032 9781136568237 9781136568305 9781560231516 9781560231523 1136568239 PB - New York : Harrington Park Press, DB - UniCat KW - Male homosexuality KW - Masculinity KW - Religious aspects. UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:78146340 AB - Men, Homosexuality, and the Gods is an eye-opening look at a representative sampling of religions and their edicts concerning gay sex. This book examines the origins of historic holy directives involving homosexuality?whether forbidden, tolerated, or mandatory?and establishes a link between theology, sex paradigms, and the sensitive issue of masculinity. This intriguing text calls for a new approach to gay rights as a freedom of religion issue and shows how the modern homophile movements are in effect redefining masculinity to obliterate the stigma of being a sexually receptive man. Easy-to-re ER -