{"product_id":"reclaiming-the-sacred-1","title":"Reclaiming the Sacred","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe second edition of Reclaiming the Sacred: The Bible in Gay and Lesbian Culture continues the groundbreaking work of the original, exploring the territory between gay\/lesbian studies, literary criticism, and religious studies. This much-anticipated follow-up examines the appropriation and\/or subversion of the authority of the Judeo-Christian Bible by gay and lesbian writers. The book highlights two prevalent trends in gay and lesbian literaturea transgressive approach that challenges the authority of the Bible when used as an instrument of oppression, and an appropriative technique that explores how the Bible contributes to defining gay and lesbian spirituality. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Reviewers of the first edition of Reclaiming the Sacred hailed the book’s enterprise in exploring the area between literary criticism and religious studies. Whereas contemporary literary-critical theory has been slow to integrate religion and religious history into queer theory, this pioneering journal has addressed the issue from the start with a collection of thoughtful and though-provoking articles. \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e This latest edition expands coverage to include noncanonical ancient texts, popular Victorian religious texts, and contemporary theater. Academics and lay readers interested in literary criticism, cultural studies, and religious studies will gain new insights from topics such as:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e religious mystery and homosexual identity in Terrence McNally’s Corpus Christi \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e same-sex biblical couples in Victorian literature \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e homoerotic texts in the Apocrypha \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e sodomite rhetoric in a seventeenth-century Italian text \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Radclyffe Hall’s lesbian messiah in her 1928 novel The Well of Loneliness \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e homosexual temptation in John Milton’s Paradise Regained\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eReclaiming the Sacred counteracts the manipulative and oppressive uses to which modern writers and thinkers put the Bible and the morality it is presumed to inscribe. An important tool for understanding the role of the Bible in gay and lesbian culture, this remarkable book makes a powerful contribution to the advancement of studies on queer sanctity.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54258253627736,"sku":"9781560233558","price":65.99,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0278\/1295\/4195\/files\/9781560233558_9fd55355-6953-40df-a08d-ac84c0e70138.jpg?v=1770236135","url":"https:\/\/agendabookshop.com\/products\/reclaiming-the-sacred-1","provider":"Agenda Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}