RELG 101 Lecture 9: Week #9
Document Summary
Religion is embodied not just theology and myth, people live religion. Beyond sex: isis, osiris and horus, father, son and holy spirit. Sacred prostitution: maya maintained cults practicing homosexual temple prostitution, the family christian religious movement in 1970s practiced flirty fishing , mary magdalene, gospel of thomas peter: let mary leave us, for women are not worthy of life. Sex and religion: much of religion seems to focus on the reproductive aspect of women, bodies mobilized against death, reproduction first conception of immortality, still working out today. Marks transition to womanhood and readiness for marriage. Believed to reduce libido and help resist illicit sexual acts: traditional african cultural practice not based in islam. Muslim sentiment: npr report in their own words. Veiled upheaval: some women (like in mosque movement discussed by saba mahmood) use religion to reassert their voice, adopting piety requirements gives them power, asserting their ability to direct social and cultural practices.
