Sex, God, and the conservative church : erasing shame from sexual intimacy
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Published
New York : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Format
Book
Status
Port Angeles - Nonfiction (Adult)
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Published
New York : Routledge/Taylor & Francis Group, 2017.
Physical Desc
xxx, 172 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Notes
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description
Sex, God, and the Conservative Church guides psychotherapy and sexology clinicians on how to treat clients who grew up in a conservative faith―mired in sexual shame and dysfunction―and who desire to both heal and hold on to their faith orientation. The author first walks clinicians and readers through a critique of Western culture and the conservative Christian Church, and their effects on intimate partnerships and sexual lives. The book provides clinicians a way to understand the faulty sexual ethic of the early church, while revealing the hidden mystical sex and body positive understanding of sexuality of the Hebrew people. The book also includes chapters on strategies for a new sexual ethic, on clinical steps to heal religious sexual shame, and on specific sex therapy interventions clinicians can use directly in their practice. Finally, it offers a four step model for healing religious sexual shame and actual touch and non-touch exercises to bring healing and intimacy into a person's life.