Item record: Provisions for Sexuality in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas in the Context of Late Nineteenth Century Sexual Ideologies

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Provisions for Sexuality in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas in the Context of Late Nineteenth Century Sexual Ideologies

Author	R. Jackson Armstrong-Ingram
Title of item	Provisions for Sexuality in the Kitáb-i-Aqdas in the Context of Late Nineteenth Century Sexual Ideologies
Date of this edition	1996-11
Language	English
Permission	author
Posted	1998 by Jonah Winters
Classified in	Unpublished Articles
URL	bahai-library.com/armstrong-ingram_provisions_sexuality_aqdas-bsr
Abstract	On three aspects of sexuality addressed in the Aqdas (and its supplementary Questions and Answers): the abolition of the concept of ritual pollution caused by sexual fluids (semen, menstrual blood); illicit sexual conduct (zina and liwat); and marriage.
Notes	Presented at the Society for Shaykhi, Babi, and Bahá'í Studies meeting in Providence, Rhode Island, in November 1996. See also the author's Bahá'í Faith and Sexuality.
Tags	19th century; Kitab-i-Aqdas (Most Holy Book); Sexuality
Page views	17840 hits since 1998
Last edited	2022-02-03 13:28 EST. See previous versions [archive.org]. Documents posted prior to October 2003 were at bahai-library.org [archive.org] and had completely different URLs.

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