The Companion comprises five main thematic sections, each with chapters ranging across a variety of crucial topics traversing various faith traditions. The principal themes are: epistemological and methodological issues; the significance of religious text; institutional religious settings; stability transformation and change; contesting hegemonic structures and discourses. Each section includes four chapters contributed by leading international experts in their respective fields and who are at the cutting-edge of current research. Collectively, they offer an inter-disciplinary and comprehensive survey of sexuality and religion.
Stephen J. Hunt is Associate Professor in Sociology at the University of the West of England, UK and Andrew K.T. Yip is Professor of Sociology at the University of Nottingham, UK.
Stephen J. Hunt, Andrew Kam-Tuck Yip; Susannah Cornwall; Lisa Isherwood, Olu Jenzen, Sally R. Munt; Asifa Siraj, Adrian Thatcher; Jane Anderson; Dervla Shannahan; Kustiani Kustiani, Anouka van Eerdewijk; Fida Sanjakdar; Michael Keenan; Alex, David A.J. Richards; Heather Rachelle White; Sarah-Jane Page, Orit Avishai; Simon Theobald; Melissa Wilcox, Amanullah De Sondy.