Religion and intimate life: Marriage, family, sexuality

Page, Sarah-Jane

Abstract

This chapter considers religion in relation to intimate life. The relationship between religion and intimate life in the UK has undergone significant change in recent years. It has focused on the relationship between religion and intimate life in the UK, focusing in particular on the issue of marriage. Despite many changes in how intimate life is practised, marriage continues to hold salience, even if support for virginity until marriage remains relevant mainly only in conservative religious contexts. For queer participants, there are far more contestations regarding the extent to which they are accepted in religious spaces. Queer individuals are severely curtailed, not just by religious normatives but by secular ones too. This chapter has considered intimate life and religion. Religious individuals are living diverse sexual lives, but often a dominant script of heteronormativity prevails. The significance of this chapter is its inclusion beyond Christianity.

Citation

Page, S.-J. (2022). Religion and intimate life: Marriage, family, sexuality. In C. Starkey, & E. Tomalin (Eds.), The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Gender and Society (234-248). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429466953-18

• Online Publication Date: Dec 31, 2021
• Publication Date: 2022
• Deposit Date: Dec 8, 2023
• Publisher: Routledge
• Pages: 234-248
• Book Title: The Routledge Handbook of Religion, Gender and Society
• Chapter Number: 16
• ISBN: 9781138601901
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429466953-18
• Public URL: https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/27600600
• Publisher URL: https://www.taylorfrancis.com/chapters/edit/10.4324/9780429466953-18/religion-intimate-life-sarah-jane-page