Guide to Jewish Practice : Family and Sexual Ethics

by Teutsch, David A.

• ISBN13: 9780938945161
• ISBN10: 0938945165
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2010-09-30
• Publisher: Wayne State Univ Pr

Summary

"Center for Jewish Ethics, Reconstructionist Rabbinical College, in cooperation with the Reconstructionist Rabbinical Association."

Table of Contents

Commentators and Advisory Committee	p. viii
Preface	p. ix
Family and Sexual Ethics	p. 3
Perspectives on Family	p. 5
Married/Committed Couples	p. 10
Partners as Parents	p. 17
The Obligations of Parents to Children	p. 20
The Obligations of Children to Parents	p. 25
Separation and Divorce	p. 33
Interfaith Families	p. 36
The Changing World of Sexuality	p. 39
Sexual Pleasure	p. 41
Prohibited Sexual Partners	p. 44
Sexual Activity: When, What and with Whom	p. 47
Gay, Lesbian, and Bisexual People and Their Relationships	p. 56
Monogamy	p. 61
Adultery	p. 63
Jewish Polygamy and Monogamy-A Complex History	p. 66
Open Marriage and Polyamory	p. 69
Prostitution	p. 72
Gender Identity	p. 74
Conclusion	p. 78
For Further Reading	p. 79
Biographies of Contributors	p. 81
Index	p. 83
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