Erotic Word

Historically, the Bible has been used to drive a wedge between the spirit and the body. In this provocative book, David Carr argues that it canand shoulddo just the opposite. Sexuality and spirituality, Carr contends, are intricately interwoven: when one is improverished, the other is warped. As a result, the journey toward God and the life-long engagement with our own sexual embodiment are inseparable. In a sweeping examination of the sexual rules of the Bible, Carr asserts that Biblical 'family values' are a far cry from anything promoted as such in contemporary politics. He concludes that passionate loveour preoccupaton therewith and pursuit thereofis the primary human vocation, that eros is in fact the flavouring of life.