In the dawn of major social change regarding lifestyle ideals, gender roles, and normalizing secular beliefs, marriage is slowly gaining a different reputation than it had centuries, or even mere decades ago. Many people today have begun to overlook the religious origins of marriage and its historical context. In the Abrahamic religions (Christianity, Judaism, Islam), […]
Contraception in Islam
Religious views on contraception vary from being completely prohibited to being allowed under certain circumstances. While Judaism displays more tolerance for contraceptive methods when the health of the pregnant woman is threatened, traditional Catholic views are much more stringent because procreation is viewed as the one and only goal of marital sex. Therefore, it follows […]
Hindu Eroticism through Images
This video presentation discusses Hindu eroticism through images. I examine the Hindu deities, the Kamasutra, Tantra, and modern art. In creating this project, I discovered a plethora of graphic and entirely fascinating images within Hindu art. I am happy to share them with the class. Source Bibliography Apte, Savita. “Neo Tantric Art as Liberation.” Sotheby’s. […]