Linking Sexuality and Spirituality in Childhood: beyond body-spirit dualism and towards an education of the inspirited sensual body
Titel:
Linking Sexuality and Spirituality in Childhood: beyond body-spirit dualism and towards an education of the inspirited sensual body
Auteur:
Morris, Ronald W.
Verschenen in:
international journal of children's spirituality
Paginering:
Jaargang 6 (2001) nr. 2 pagina's 159-175
Jaar:
2001-08-01
Inhoud:
The literature on spirituality in education and sexuality education rarely, if ever, examines the links between sexuality and spirituality. This problem is rooted in the body-spirit dualism that has permeated, and continues to permeate, Western culture. Although a growing number of authors refer to the importance of the so-called 'body-spirit/ mind connection', the dominant perspective remains dualistic. The body continues to be perceived as an object or commodity, as something to be escaped. This paper suggests that body and spirit, sexuality and spirituality, are not separate tandem realities or expressions of higher and lower realms, but rather are two mutually enriching aspects of whole persons. A spiritual-sexual life finds its fulfilment in a deeper and more fully integrated engagement with 'the pleasures of the flesh', and the path to a richer integration of sexuality and spirituality begins in infancy through an education of the inspired sensual body.
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