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The erotic word
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- Book Synopsis
- Historically, the Bible has been used to drive a wedge between the spirit and the body. In this provocative book, David Carr argues that it can-and should-do just the opposite. Sexuality and spirituality, Carr contends, are intricately interwoven: when one is improverished, the other is warped. As a result, the journey toward God and the life-long engagement with our own sexual embodiment are inseparable. Humans, the Bible tells us, both male and female, were created in God's image, and eros-a fundamental longing for connection that finds abstract good in the pleasure we derive from the stimulation of the senses-is a central component of that image. The Bible, particularly the Hebrew Bible, affirms erotic passion, both eros between humans and eros between God and humans. In a sweeping examination of the sexual rules of the Bible, Carr asserts that Biblical "family values" are a far cry from anything promoted as such in contemporary politics. He concludes that passionate love-our preoccupation therewith and pursuit thereof-is the primary human vocation, that eros is in fact the flavouring of life.
- About The Author
- David Carr is Professor of Old Testament at Union Theological Seminary.
- Product Details
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- ISBN
- 9780195181623
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, (10 March 2005)
- Number of Pages
- 224
- Weight
- 349 grams
- Language
- English
- Dimensions
- 236 x 162 x 17 mm
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