Tag: Sex

New scholarship on the Good Book’s naughty bits and how it deals with adultery, divorce, and same-sex love.

For as long as anyone can remember, McLennan County has been abstinence country. Nestled in the heart of Bible-Belt Texas, it’s the kind of place where the local newspaper prints “In God We Trust” on the front page of every edition. So when the McLennan County Collaborative Abstinence Program (MCCAP) came to her a little more than a decade ago, offering an abstinence-only sex education program, she says, “It was the answer to our prayers. It was exactly the way we wanted to go.” All that may change with a recent federal funding cut for abstinence only programs.

A Saudi lawyer says a female journalist has been sentenced to 60 lashes for her involvement in a TV show in which a Saudi man publicly talked about sex.

Couples are being encouraged to pray together before sex in a new book published by prominent church group Catholic Truth Society.

Wedad Lootah, a Muslim woman from Emirati now living in Dubai, counsels Arab individuals and couples about sexual relationships. She recently published a book, “Top Secret: Sexual Guidance for Married Couples.”

Has Religion Made Useful Contributions to Civilization?

An Australian cleric has provoked outrage by telling worshippers it is acceptable for men to rape and beat their wives.