Christian scripture and tradition have overwhelmingly shaped American attitudes toward sexuality. And in the past year, our national attention has been riveted on sexual scandal within the Catholic Church. In this program, we crack open the difficult subject of Christian tradition and healthy sexuality. What is the positive sexual ethic of the Bible, beyond the identification of sin? What does sexuality have to do with the human spirit and how might this change they way it is discussed in communities of faith?
Guests
Thomas Moore, former Catholic monk and author of The Care of the Soul and The Soul of Sex.
Debra Haffner, renowned sexual educator, Unitarian Universalist minister, and director of the Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing.
Anthony Ugolnik, Orthodox priest and author of a controversial new manuscript Living in Skin.
Related Links
• Religious Institute on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing: Find texts of the "Religious Declaration on Sexual Morality, Justice, and Healing" (co-authored by Debra Haffner), "A Time to Build: Creating Sexually Healthy Faith Communities," and "An Open Letter to Religious Leaders about Sex Education" here.
• Sacred Marriage: A collection of images by Meinrad Craighead with texts from the biblical "Song of Songs."
Recommended Reading
The following books provide lively and compelling introduction to the science/religion interface, with a variety of approaches and emphases:
• Care of the Soul, by Thomas Moore. Harpercollins, 1992. ISBN: 0060922249
• The Soul of Sex, by Thomas Moore. Harpercollins, 1998. ISBN: 0060930950
• The Illuminating Icon, by Anthony Ugolnik. William B. Eerdmans Publishing Co., 1989. ISBN: 080284782X
• From Diapers to Dating: A Parent's Guide to Raising Sexually Healthy Children, by Debra Haffner. W. W. Norton & Co., 1999. ISBN: 1557044260
• Also, the Sexuality Information and Education Council of the United States (SIECUS) Web site includes a lengthy bibliography of religious writing about sexuality, from a range of perspectives and traditions.
Readings from this Program
• Reading from the Song of Songs was from The Song of Songs: A New Translation, by Ariel Bloch and Chana Bloch, afterword by Robert Alter. (University of California Press, 2000)
• "Batter My Heart" is taken from John Donne's Holy Sonnets
Music
(Click titles and artist names to purchase from Public Radio Music Source.)
• "Feast of St. Peter" and Arcan, "The Lasso," by Folk Musicians from Ukraine, from Ukraine Traditional Music, Auvidis 8206
• "As a Child," by Laura Caviani Trio, from Dreamlife, IGMOD Records IG 49503-2
• "Cantabile, from Suite for Flute and Piano" (Vaclav Nelhybel), by Barbara Leibundguth, flute, Carl Witt, piano, from Visionary Duos, Albany Records Troy 466
• "Nova Scotia," by Dean Magraw, guitar, from Seventh One, Red House Records 116
• "Bawa" and "Bes," by Sowah Mensah , from Naa-Niami: Traditional Music from Ghana, 1999 Agboo-Ayee Records, St. Paul, MN
• "Ikon of Eros," by Minnesota Orchestra and Minnesota Chorale, Jorja Fleezanis, violin, from a Minnesota Public Radio concert recording, St. Paul Cathedral, November 2002
• "Lento, from Piano Trio No. 3," by The Mirecourt Trio, from Rick Sowash: The Four Piano Trios, Gasparo 254
• "Last Parade," by Sonia Dada, from A Day at the Beach, Capricorn 42037
• "Surge, Propera Amica Mea" (Ivan Moody) and "Hebrew Cantilation," by Tapestry, from Tapestry: Song of Songs Come Into My Garden, Telarc 80486
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