Sex and Religious Fundamentalism: an academic approach to the effects of fundamentalism on the development of human sexuality - Paperback

by Angelyn Ray (Author)

"An academic approach to the effects of a fundamentalist religious upbringing on the development of human sexuality..."Angelyn Ray, MSW, LCSW, exposes in a short text some of the warnings offered by pioneers in the field of psychology, illuminating causes of the harvest of abuses we reap today.Long before the current sexual abuse disclosures exploded on the national and global scene, the fields of psychology and psychiatry gave ample warning, in penetrating articles and books, of the inherent dangers associated with fundamentalism's attitude toward early human psychological and sexual development.The controversial manual, Sex and Religious Fundamentalism, was chosen as reading for future classes when the author submitted it as an assignment in her graduate class on Human Sexuality, Graduate School of Social Work, Portland State University.A veteran clinical social worker raised in Christian Fundamentalism, now retired, Ray enumerates pitfalls of the fundamentalist mindset in the morass of sexual abuse and crimes, allegations coming out of the strongholds of institutionalized religion, which informs our cultural and political values.Identification of the causes of abuse, and of the dangers endemic to our underlying national values, is a necessary step toward health and healing, and it is to that end that this important text is offered.

Author Biography

A veteran licensed clinical social worker, now retired, Angelyn Ray has dedicated herself to fostering mental and emotional healing in numerous books, representing a wide array of perspectives and approaches. "Fables by the Sea - Award-Winning Tales from Land's End" (Oregon Literary Arts finalist) pleases and entertains. What would Nikola Tesla say to us today? "Return of the Prodigal Genius" will tell you. And if you crave research into the true origins of the I Ching which predate the 3000-year-old conventional "origin" by two additional millennia, read "The Nu I Ching." Research unmatched in any other contemporary work is evidenced. Then there is "99 Passwords to Personal Power," and a dozen others, for any taste, for any reader's need. "The Forest Dweller," "The Gardener's Exile," for the fiction or fantasy lover... Angelyn Ray calls herself an ordinary grandma, but we see her as a veteran who has walked the edges of life and seen past the edges that many avoid. Then, with literary aplomb, she has turned our way and brought mysteries to light and tales to the page, for discovery by the curious and the intrepid alike.