Engaging the Taboo.

The Journal of Inter-Religious Dialogue has a new issue out, available online, that focuses on Engaging the Taboo: Gender, Sexuality, and the Body in Our Religious Traditions.

Among the interesting articles in this issue are:

"Virtue and Danger: Sexuality and Prophetic Norms in Muslim Life and Thought," by Kecia Ali

"In the Pursuit of Love," by Marianne Farina

"Picturing Bodies: Sacred Images and Transformative Practice in Byzantium and Tibet," by Thomas Cattoi

"The Influence of Black Church Culture: How Black Church Leaders Frame the HIV/AIDS Discourse," by Sandra L. Barnes