A Christian Guide to Liberating Desire, Sex, Partnership, Work, and Reproduction

• Main Author: Cooper, Thia (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Palgrave Pivot, 2018.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2018.
• Subjects: Gender identity-Religious aspects.; Gender identity.; Critical criminology.; Culture.; Gender.; Sexual behavior.; Sexual psychology.; Identity politics.; Religion and Gender.; Gender and Sexuality.; Ethnicity, Class, Gender and Crime.; Culture and Gender.; Sexual Behavior.; Politics and Gender.
• Physical Description: IX, 121 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783319708966
• DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-70896-6

What is good sex from the perspective of liberation theology? Thia Cooper argues that sex can be a way to know God. God created humans with a desire to be in relation with each other. From this understanding, sexual desire, sex, and partnerships are re-imagined positively. Good sex is enjoyable and mutual, an aspect of communion. Good sexual relationships share power, empower the participants, and the wider community. From the perspective of liberation theologies and an analysis of biblical texts, the Christian tradition, and the reality of our sexual experience, this book reframes theologies of partnership, sex work, and reproduction through the celebration of desire and sex. .