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Authors: Witte Green Browning
children, 246, 264, 269–71, 408, 446–47;
School of Shammai, 30
marriage as contributor to, xxiii, 87–88,
Schopen, Gregory, 308
107; religious role in, xxi–xxii;
see also
Seclusion of women in Islam, 207
Class, social; Custom
Second-hand woman in Hindu marriage,
Soul vs. body,
see
Dualism, mind-body 253–54
Spiritual development: and Christian kinship
Secular vs. religious authority, xx–xxi, 64–66, ties, 85; and divine marriage as model for
74–75, 88, 139;
see also
Modernity humans, 255–61; and eroticism of spiritual
Sefardic vs. Ashkenazic Jewry, 8, 9
ecstasy, 87, 119–20; family as distraction
Sehra¯ bandhi
ceremony, 275
from, xxv, 7, 49–52, 56, 82–83, 93, 96–97,
Self-control: Greco-Roman focus on, 90;
104–5, 304, 316–18; and Jewish identity,
within marriage, 101; and marriage as
73–75; and
karma
in Hinduism, 228, 229; channel for sexual desire, 87, 104, 123;
love as spiritual experience, 43–45, 52,
and morality of sex, 140; and Paul of Tar—
97–98, 123; and marital attitudes, 37; ressus, 95;
see also
Fidelity, marital urrection theology and Christianity, 79,
Senior wife in Hindu marriage, 253
83, 93–94, 96
Sensual pleasures, Buddhist avoidance of,
State, the, and secular vs. religious authority, 314–15, 319, 320, 321;
see also
Erotic enjoy-xx–xxi, xxvi, 64–66, 74–75, 88, 139;
see
ment
also
Minority vs. majority religion status; Separation of sexes: and Confucianism, 421;
Modernity
in Islam, 207; in Judaism, 27, 56–57
Statutory rape in Confucian society, 424, 428
Sephirot,
52
Stoics on sexuality, 90
Sexuality: and Buddhism, 306, 311, 347, 348,
Súddhodana, King (Buddha’s father), 330,
356; in Christianity, 7, 77–78, 85, 86–87,
332, 335–36, 338
91, 94–97, 110–11, 112, 116–18, 130–33, 140;
Suja¯ta¯, 338–41
Sumedha¯’s Songs,
318–22
and Confucianism, 370, 371–72, 373–74,
Summa Contra Gentiles
(Aquinas), 116–19
376, 378–79, 384, 387, 420, 423–38;
Sunnah
divorce, 224n35
Greco-Roman anxiety about, 78, 90–91;
Sunnah
sources, 153, 204, 223
n
11
in Hinduism, 229, 231, 235, 241–42, 243,
Sunni vs. Shi’i approaches, 154
250–55, 284; in Islam, 77–78, 161, 167–68,
Sun Shuao, 412
184, 197, 206–11; in Judaism, 2–3, 5–7, 9,
Suprabuddha (Buddha’s grandfather), 335, 336
10, 14–18, 30, 49–52, 55–56, 59–62, 91–92;
Su¯rya¯ and Soma, marriage of, 232–36
and modernity, 89; overview of attitudes,
The Sutra on the Difficulty of Repaying the
xxii–xxiv, xxv–xxvi; and situation ethics,
Kindness of Parents,
351–52
138–42;
see also
Adultery; Erotic enjoy-The Sutra on the Filial Son, 354–56
ment; Fidelity, marital; Fornication
The Sutra on the Profound Kindness of Par-Sha’rawi, Sheikh Muhammad Mutawalli,
ents,
359–63
182–83
Sutta-Nipa¯ta,
317–18
Shensheng, 379
Shi’i vs. Sunni approaches, 154
Talmudic sources, 6–8, 28, 31–35, 38–40
Shi jing,
372–75
Tamez, Elsa, 145
Shlomo ben Issac, Rabbi (Rashi), 41
Tang, Lord of, 380
Shouzi, 379
Taoism, 370, 442
Shulhan Arukh
(Karo), 45–46
Tatha¯gatagarbha Sutra,
305
Shun, 392
“The Epistle on Holiness,” 59–62
Shuo, 379
Therapeutae of Egypt, 5
Siga¯laka, 343–44
Therı¯ga¯tha¯,
318–22
Siga¯laka Sutta,
343–46
Torah study vs. family life, 7, 50–51
Síla¯rohana pu¯jana
ceremony, 285–87
Tosafists, 41
Situation ethics, 138–42, 228
Tranquility, mercy, and affection: as basis for
Islamic marital relations, 152, 157, 159, 166, Xian of Jin, Duke, 379–80
168, 177, 196–97; and kindness as essential
Xiao
(filial piety), 375
to Jewish marital relations, 36–37, 54
Xiao jing,
394–400
Twenty-Four Filial Sons,
370, 404–5
Xiaozi Jing,
354
Xing’an huilan
(Zhu and Bao), 436–38
Udraka Ra¯maputra, 335
Xiqi, 379
Union, marriage as psychospiritual: in Chris—
Xuan of Wei, Duke, 378–79
tianity, 87, 106, 121, 123, 148; in Hinduism,
Xuepen Jing,
363–64
229–30; in Judaism, 2, 14, 52; overview of,
xxiii
Yagnopavı¯ta dha¯rana
ceremony, 279
Yan Wu, 405
Va¯mana Pura¯na,
255–61
Yan Zhitui, 371, 405–8
Vinaya,
329
Yasa, 339, 340–41
Vipassı¯, Buddha, 347–51
Yasśodhara¯ (Buddha’s wife), 329, 331, 336,
Virginity: Buddhist virgin birth myth, 348; as 338
Christian virtue, 99–100; and consensual
Yi Jiang, 378–79
marriage in Islam, 170; as freedom for
Yiwu, 379, 380
contemplative life, 78, 83; and Hindu
Yousheng Chun, 386
marriage, 283;
see also
Celibacy Yuan Cai, 371, 414–16
Viva¯ha mandapa
ceremony, 278
Yuan Gu, 405
Vlantasis, Richard, 146
Yuanshi shifan
(Yuan), 414–16
Yulan Pen Jing,
357–59
Wedding ceremonies: Christian, 125–28, 135–
Yu Quizi, 411–12
38; Confucian, 388–91; Hindu, 231, 232–
40, 260–61, 270–91; Islamic, 171–74; Jew—
Zeira, Rabbi, 55–56
ish, 5, 33, 36–37
Zengzi, 370, 392
Western culture vs. traditional religious cul—
Zhao Xun, 405
tures, xviii–xix;
see also
Modernity Zheng, Miss, 408
Widows and remarriage, 380, 418–19, 438, 439
Zhong
(loyalty to sovereign), 444–46
Wilson, James Q., xxii
Zhou, Duke of, 397
Wisdom literature, Jewish, 22–24
Zhuang, Duke of Qi, 380
Wisdom of Ben Sira,
4, 22–24
Zhuang, King of Chu, 411–12
Wolf, Margery, 354
Zhu Ming, 404–5
Wolfe, Alan, xx
Zhuozi, 379
Womanist theology, 142–46
Zhu Qingqi, 436–38
Women: biblical empowerment of African
Zhu Xi, 371, 416–23
American, 142–46; in Buddhism, 318–29,
Zhuzi yulei
(Zhu), 417, 421–23
338–41; Confucian treatment of, 400–4,
Ziliu, 392
408–14; educational rights of, 58, 218–20,
Zilu, 392
402, 421; Hindu treatment of, 250–55, 292,
Zina
(sexuality outside marriage), 207;
see
293; Islamic treatment of, 181, 183, 190–91,
also
Adultery; Fornication 192, 195–96, 197–200, 216–18, 220–22; Jew—
Zionism and Jewish culture in Israel,
ish treatment of, 2, 7, 14–15, 18–19, 24; as
11–12
temptresses, 6–7, 17–18, 23, 56–57, 207–8,
Zirar, Malakah, 166, 167, 172, 174
356, 378; widows and remarriage, 380, 418–
Zishang, 391
19, 438, 439;
see also
Gender relations; Zisi, 391
Ideal wives; Obedience, women’s duty of
Zohar,
52–56
Wu, Duke, 379
Zuo zhuan,
378–81