Contributors to this book--historians, biblical specialists, theologians, ethicists, and scholars of comparative religions--examine the relationship between religious tradition and manhood. The essays cover a broad range of topics--from the dynamics of power in shaping masculine identity, to the role religion plays in shaping masculine identity, to the experience of myth, ritual, spiritual discipline, and community in the lives of men.

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Contributors to this book--historians, biblical specialists, theologians, ethicists, and scholars of comparative religions--examine the relationship between religious tradition and manhood. The essays cover a broad range of topics--from the dynamics of power in shaping masculine identity, to the role religion plays in shaping masculine...
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Produktdetaljer

ISBN
9780664255442
Publisert
1996-11-01
Utgiver
Westminster/John Knox Press,U.S.
Høyde
229 mm
Bredde
152 mm
Aldersnivå
P, 06
Språk
Product language
Engelsk
Format
Product format
Heftet
Antall sider
332

Biografisk notat

Stephen B. Boyd is J. Allen Easley Professor and Chair of the Department of Religion at Wake Forest University in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. W. Merle Longwood is Professor of Religious Studies at Siena College in Loudonville, New York. Mark W. Muesse is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at Rhodes College in Memphis, Tennessee.