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Shame, the Church and the Regulation of Female Sexuality

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Shame strikes at the heart of human individuals rupturing relationships, extinguishing joy and, at times, provoking conflict and violence. This book explores the idea that shame has historically been, and continues to be, used by an oftentimes patriarchal Christian Church as a mechanism to control and regulate female sexuality and to displace men's ambivalence about sex. Using a study of Ireland's Magdalen laundries as a historical example, contemporary feminist theological and theoretical scholarship are utilised to examine why the Church as an institution has routinely colluded with the shaming of individuals, and moreover why women are consistently and overtly shamed on account of, and indeed take the blame for, sex. In addition, the text asks whether the avoidance of shame is in fact functional in men's efforts to adhere to patriarchal gender norms and religious ideals, and whether women end up paying the price for the maintenance of this system.This book is a fresh take on the issue of shame and gender in the context of religious belief and practice. As such it will be of significant interest to academics in the fields of Religious Studies, but also History, Psychology and Gender Studies.

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ISBN: 9780367886530
Publication date: 12th December 2019
Author: Miryam Clough
Publisher: Routledge an imprint of Taylor & Francis
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 208 pages
Series: Gender, Theology and Spirituality
Genres: Religion: general
Roman Catholicism, Roman Catholic Church
History of religion
Christianity