Sex these days essays on theology, sexuality and society (Sheffield Academic Press, 1997)
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Sex these days, sex those days : will it ever end? / Jon Davies -- Men's sexual liberation / Norman Dennis -- Confluent love and the cult of the dyad : the pre-contractual foundations of contractarian sexual relationships / Philip A. Mellor and Chris Shilling -- The rise and fall of "sex" / Alan Storkey -- Sex in a wider context / Linda Woodhead -- Postmodernity and chastity / Adrian Thatcher -- Celibacy these days / Janette Gray -- Carnal love and spiritual imagination : can Luce Irigaray and John Paul II come together? / Tina Beattie -- Sex in heaven : the queering of theological discourse on sexuality / Elizabeth Stuart -- Ending sex / Gerard Loughlin
What has been lost, what has been gained, in replacing sexual orthodoxy with the 'heresies' of postmodern sexualities? In the recent past-even within living memory-sex has usually been a matter of monogamous heterosexual marriage and the procreation of children. Other sexual practices were seen as deviations from the 'patriarchal' norm. Today things are different, and western liberal societies promote and celebrate a growing multiplicity of sexual, familial and procreational practices and relationships. Nine writers assess the directions in which our societies are being led