6. SEXUALLY EXPLICIT? RE-READING REVELATION’S 144,000 VIRGINS AS A RESPONSE TO ROMAN DISCOURSES

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS v
3. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ix
4. INTRODUCTION 1
5. 1. SKIN GODS: CIRCUMCISING THE BUILT MALE BODY 7
6. 2. A JESUIT MYSTIC’S FEMININE MELANCHOLIA: JEAN-JOSEPH SURIN SJ (1600-1665) 21
7. 3. THE PERFORMANCE OF NORMATIVITY: MORMONS AND THE CONSTRUCTION OF AN AMERICAN MASCULINITY 39
8. 4. “HE WAS PRETTY GOOD IN THERE TODAY”: REVIVING THE MACHO CHRIST IN ERNEST HEMINGWAY’S “TODAY IS FRIDAY” AND MEL GIBSON’S THE PASSION OF THE CHRIST 65
9. 5. TO LOVE THE ORIENTALIST: MASCULINITY IN LEILA ABOULELA’S THE TRANSLATOR 87
10. 6. SEXUALLY EXPLICIT? RE-READING REVELATION’S 144,000 VIRGINS AS A RESPONSE TO ROMAN DISCOURSES 105
11. 7. NARRATIVES OF SILENCE: AVAILABILITY IN A SPIRITUALITY OF FATHERING 143
12. 8. HAREDI MALE BODIES IN THE PUBLIC SPHERE: NEGOTIATING WITH THE RELIGIOUS TEXT AND SECULAR ISRAELI MEN 163
13. 9. SOUTHERN GOSPEL SISSIES: EVANGELICAL MUSIC, QUEER SPIRITUALITY, AND THE PLAYS OF DEL SHORES 197
14. 10. DANDY DISCIPLESHIP: A QUEERING OF MARK’S MALE DISCIPLES 225
15. CONCLUSION 243
16. REFERENCES 244