God’s Case for Sex

Avishai, Orit; Burke, Kelsy

doi:10.1177/1536504216684819

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“…By examining distinct ways that evangelicals conceptualize sexuality, the present article builds on recent work that empirically highlights how evangelicalism is not anti-sex but has, in fact, embraced a sex-positive rhetoric (Avishai and Burke 2016; Burke 2016; DeRogatis 2015; Gardner 2011; Lewis and Brissett 1986). Yet, the present work also points to the boundaries and tensions within this rhetorical shift.…”

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“…In everyday life, people may discuss sex as a source of pleasure but much of the scholarship examining it within religious communities has tended to focus on its tendency to produce negative emotions, such as guilt and shame. Some scholars, such as Yip (2010, 667), have begun to question this approach and ask, “Why is religion so pervasively perceived—by many religious believers and non-believers alike—as intrinsically sexnegative, or at least sex-restricting and constraining?” In answering this challenge, an emerging group of researchers have begun to critique this tendency to treat “religion” as inherently oppositional to “sexuality” (Avishai 2012; Avishai and Burke 2016; Burke 2016; Fuist 2017; Moon 2004; Page and Shipley 2016; Wilcox 2006; Yip 2010). This body of work ranges in their criticisms from reminders that neither institution is monolithic (Ellingson 2002; Fuist 2017; Page and Shipley 2016) to showcasing how official mandates do not fully capture individuals’ religious lives (Avishai 2012; Burke 2014; Fuist 2017).…”

Section: Emotionalism Of Religious Sexualitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Instructions for God’s Gift: Emotional Management in the Cultural Transmission of Evangelical Sexuality

Irby

2018

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

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Drawing on a comparative study of evangelical premarital counseling programs, I analyze how the leadership construct sexual discourses that reimagine and reify existing views about sex and how to feel about it. Situated within evangelicalism’s emotional regime that conceptualizes unmarried believers in a sexual battleground and married couples in a playground, engaged couples occupy a liminal position where they must engage in emotion work to relearn how to think and feel about sex. Comparing the sexual discourses at each program— sexuality as a behavior and sexuality as embodied—that inform leaderships’ advice to couples beginning to make this transition, I find that how they talk about sex has consequences for how they imagine people should manage their emotions.

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Instructions for God’s Gift: Emotional Management in the Cultural Transmission of Evangelical Sexuality

Irby

2018

Journal of Contemporary Ethnography

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“…In evangelical Christianity, women are expected to adhere to premarital sexual purity standards, which involves sexual abstinence, as well as mental purity (Gaddini 2020). Evangelical microcelebrities' swimsuit shots re-enforce the abundance of hypersexualized books, sex manuals, and sermons in evangelical culture that create an enticement toward sex, rather than a rejection of it (Avishai and Burke 2016;Burke 2016;Gaddini 2020;Gardner 2011;Johnson 2018). The enticement toward sex further strengthens the importance of heterosexual marriage within the evangelical context.…”

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‘Wife, Mommy, Pastor and Friend’: The Rise of Female Evangelical Microcelebrities

Gaddini

2021

Religions

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The popularity of digital media has spurred what has been called a “crisis of authority”. How do female evangelical microcelebrities figure in this crisis? Many of these women belong to churches led by male pastors, have amassed a large following online, and are sought-after speakers and teachers. This paper analyses how gender, religious authority, and the digital sphere collide through the rise of female evangelical microcelebrities. Bringing together ethnographic data, textual analysis, and social media analysis of six prominent women, I emphasize the power of representation to impact religious practices and religious meaning. This article examines how evangelical women are performing and negotiating their legitimacy as the Internet and fluid geographical boundaries challenge local models of religious authority. Moving away from a binary perspective of “having” or “not having” authority, this paper considers the various spheres of authority that evangelical microcelebrities occupy, including normative womanhood, prosperity theology, and politics. Finally, by examining the social media content put forth by female evangelical microcelebrities, I interrogate the political stakes of evangelical women’s authority.

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“…18 Quoting several religious views regarding oral sex, in Christianity, sex is something sacred and full of commitment. 78 Bed life in the Bible is described a lot in "the book of "Song of Songs", this section shows that sex is something intimate and sacred between couples. 79 Ed.…”

Section: Perspectives and Motives In Oral Sexmentioning

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Framing and understanding the whole aspect of oral sex from social and health perspective: a narrative review

Pakpahan¹,

Darmadi²,

Agustinus³

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Since thousands of years ago, oral sex has become part of sexual behavior among humans. Oral sex is considered taboo. Its taboo does not lie in the behavior, but its expression is deemed inappropriate. As technology becomes more sophisticated, human rights also stand out, leading to the disclosure of the practice in the 21st century. The oral sex that is discussed on a large scale in media encourages people to express it as feedback whether within right or not. It all depends on the value of each people. We found that this sexual behavior is found everywhere regardless of religion, culture, and race. Pop culture influences this behavior so much, it can be seen from music, movies, and television programs that provoke oral sex. Many motivations underlying this behavior include getting sexual pleasure for the sake of psychological well-being. But it is undeniable that this behavior is still controversial. It could be at risk of causing disease and, on the other hand, is reported to provide many benefits. According to our theory, oral sex is not a new behavior crossing boundaries. It is just an old behavior that surfaces because of the factors that support it. This behavior, which is still considered taboo, has its disadvantages such as sexually transmitted disease and oral cancer but has also benefits such as preventing preeclampsia.

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God’s Case for Sex

Cited by 10 publications

References 3 publications

Instructions for God’s Gift: Emotional Management in the Cultural Transmission of Evangelical Sexuality

Instructions for God’s Gift: Emotional Management in the Cultural Transmission of Evangelical Sexuality

‘Wife, Mommy, Pastor and Friend’: The Rise of Female Evangelical Microcelebrities

Framing and understanding the whole aspect of oral sex from social and health perspective: a narrative review

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