Riding the Ox Home: A History of Meditation from Shamanism to Science (Beacon paperback)

Examines the development of meditation from ancient times to the present and discusses the place of meditation in various cultures around the world Sex and the Church is a groundbreaking book that brings lesbian and gay theory and experience to bear on questions of sexuality and its relationship to Christian life. Ethicist Kathy Rudy begins by showing how the Christian Right's campaign for "family values" has profoundly shaped American debates about gender and sexuality, and how mainline Protestant denominations have responded by focusing narrowly on questions of inclusion and exclusion, rights and privileges for lesbians and gay men. She then moves the debate onto a new level, drawing on queer theory and the lives of gay and lesbian Christians to answer new questions: Are gender and sexual orientation categories by which we should define ourselves and judge each other? Willard Johnson. Reprint. Originally Published: London : Rider, 1982. Includes Index. Bibliography: P. 246.