Friendly Competitors, Fierce Companions: Men's Ways of RelatingLeib focuses on how Western religious and ethical traditions find their origins in masculine impulses toward intimacy. He echoes the works of Edward Carpenter, a Victorian Anglican priest who spoke out against the repressive sexual ethic of his day and used his relationship with Walt Whitman as a resource for such terms as fierce companions and sacred homosexuality. |
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Page 111
... understand and work for . " In war , people have the privilege of dying together rather than alone . What is needed is a common principle that will allow them to live together rather than destroy each other . " I think I now be- gin to ...
... understand and work for . " In war , people have the privilege of dying together rather than alone . What is needed is a common principle that will allow them to live together rather than destroy each other . " I think I now be- gin to ...
Page 139
... understanding humanity's place in nature lies in understanding the self and that this self is best understood through ... understand- ing of humanity's place in the world . Whole passages in Carpenter's book on the nature of the self ...
... understanding humanity's place in nature lies in understanding the self and that this self is best understood through ... understand- ing of humanity's place in the world . Whole passages in Carpenter's book on the nature of the self ...
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... understand the nature of the divine . Through meditation and spiritual discipline , every individual can understand that she or he is already loved , already understood , already an integral part of the natural and the human world that ...
... understand the nature of the divine . Through meditation and spiritual discipline , every individual can understand that she or he is already loved , already understood , already an integral part of the natural and the human world that ...
Contents
A History of Love between Men | 23 |
The Culture of Greed and the Culture of Brotherhood | 84 |
The Rediscovery of Sacred Sexuality | 127 |
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