Religious culture frames the act of sexual refusal in terms of moral responsibility through various guidelines, doctrines, and commandments that govern human behavior and interactions. One of the...
According to the Zoroastrian tradition, a spiritual conflict is taking place in the universe between Ahura Mazda (the Wise Lord) and Angra Mainyu (the Evil Spirit), who created chaos and disorder. To...
Eschatology refers to the belief that there is an ultimate destiny for all things and that this destiny can be determined by divine intervention or human behavior. In Christianity, it involves an...
Marginalized religious movements have been creating alternative sexual ethics for centuries to challenge the normative values that are prevalent in society. These ethics can be found in various...
Religious sexual ethics are rules and guidelines that govern the expression of sexual behavior within a particular religion. These ethics are based on the beliefs and values of the religion and often...
Reproduction has been given primacy above all else in religious ethics since ancient times, particularly in Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. While these religions acknowledge that physical pleasure...
Sexual ethics has been an important part of human life since ancient times. Different religions and cultures have different belief systems about what is acceptable when it comes to sex. But today,...
Gender inequality has had a profound impact on the way religion interprets and regulates sexual ethics, intimacy, and relational responsibility. In traditional patriarchal societies, women were...
In many South Asian cultures, there is a strong emphasis on traditional values that govern behavior related to sex, sexuality, and marriage. One such value is the belief that premarital cohabitation,...
How do modern debates on sexual ethics reflect broader tensions between tradition, personal autonomy, and social change within religious communities?
Religious communities have always had specific...