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347 abjection, 208, 210, 263, 270−71, 273−74, 342n67 See also Kristeva, Julia Adam, 16, 223, 36−37, 74, 76, 103, 178, 270, 306n15 See also Eve adultery, 17, 19, 29, 64, 124, 167, 176, 187 Africa, 9, 46, 181−95, 200, 205, 213 African American, 4, 198, 278−79, 282, 285, 288−89, 293, 305n 29, 343n4 afterlife, 83, 96, 274−75, 314n27 See also heaven agape, 4, 21, 183, 248, 258, 304n14, 335n8 eros and, 21, 183, 248, 258, 304n14, 335n8 See also eros; philia androcentrism, 106, 109−10 Anglican Church, 304n.19, 315n3 See also Church of England antigay, 58, 62, 64, 126, 171 anti-Manichean, 5, 70−71, 79−80 anti-Pelagian, 71, 74, 76 appetites, 5, 9, 103 sensitive, 88−91, 93, 313n15, 314n21 Aquinas, Thomas, 9, 11, 83−97, 109, 111−13, 258, 265, 267, 312nn1, 2, 3, 313nn6, 9, 12, 15, 314nn25,27, 317nn25, 32, 340n15 Aristotelianism, 85−87, 96 Aristotle, 84−85, 87, 109, 312n2, 313nn9, 13, 317n25, 323n1 arsenokoitai, 56−57, 310n14 asceticism, 6, 34, 69−70, 75, 78−79, 81, 86, 123, 126, 154, 234 Augustine, 5, 8, 36−37, 67−81, 83, 85, 100, 103 109, 113, 118, 219, 261−62, 268, 311n15, 314n28, 318n6, 319n22 Baker-Fletcher, Karen, 286, 289, 290, 343n4, 344nn30, 34 Bailey, Derrick Sherwin, 154−55, 157, 160−61, 324nn17, 22 baptism, 5, 63, 69, 76, 123, 241, 266, 336n3 beatitude, 89, 93−95, 265−66, 314n39 Beloved, 10 Baby Suggs in, 46−48, 277−79, 281, 283−88, 291−94 Paul D in, 34, 46−48, 283−85 Sethe in, 34, 45−48, 283−85 Bernard of Clairvaux, 3, 27 Bible, 8, 15−31, 43−45, 52, 69, 121, 128, 211, 223 See also Biblical Reference Index birth control, 11, 57, 100, 102, 106, 111, 169, 315nn3, 8 generAl index 348 General Index See also contraception blackness, 197, 201, 204−207, 333n22 Boaz, 34, 43−45 See also Ruth body and soul, 28, 86−88, 90−95, 139, 171, 264, 282 of Christ, 2, 16, 150, 193, 232, 243−44, 292, 305n5, 336n3 maternal, 263, 271−74, 341n54 resurrected, 93−96, 265 See also flesh “booty call,” 197, 204, 206, 210 See also hip-hop Boswell, John, 309n6, 311n24 breast, breasts, 33, 137, 271 and Sethe, 46−48 Brown, Peter, 36, 312n25, 319n22 Buddhism, 72, 250 Bullinger, Heinrich, 122, 319n24 Butler, Judith, 147−48, 172, 174−75, 177, 209−10, 268−69, 322n29, 323nn31, 33, 341nn42, 54 Bynum, Caroline Walker, 171, 302−303n27 Caldwell, John and Patricia, 185−88, 193, 330n13 Calvin, John, 5, 78, 117, 122, 125, 127, 320nn34, 36 Casti connubii, 100, 315n3 celibacy, 2, 4, 9, 28−29, 34−37, 79, 115−31, 159, 319nn22, 24, 320n31 chastity, 20, 117, 121, 123−24, 129, 187, 239 childbearing, 108, 193 children, 11, 35, 53−54, 59, 74−75, 101−103, 110−13, 117, 140, 153, 163, 167, 175−77, 232, 244, 299, 315n8, 337n14 and Beloved, 227−28, 280−83, 286 Christ, 25, 30, 35−36, 38, 63, 232−33, 242−44, 248−49, 252−59, 305n5, 308n15, 318n5 as bridegroom, 26−27 as head, 20, 168 body of, 2, 16, 150, 193, 232, 243−44, 292, 305n5, 336n3 death of, 192, 195 See also Jesus Church of England, 152−53, 324n17, 325n24 City of God, 74, 81 See also Augustine “Clearing, the,” 46−48, 277−79, 285−87, 291−94, 355n38 colonization, 3, 9, 10−11, 182, 185, 187, 205−206, 211, 240, 279−82, 288−89, 330nn2, 6, 332n10 See also decolonization; postcolony Communion, Holy, 25, 30, 251 See also Eucharist concupiscence, 36, 78, 83, 89−97, 103, 255, 314n35 condoms, 185, 189, 194 Confessions, 5, 69−73, 76, 80, 319n22 See also Augustine continence, sexual, 2, 3, 6, 103 contraception, 9, 100−102, 104−107, 114 See also birth control Cooper, Darien, 175, 177, 327n11 Council of Trent, 101, 107, 118 Council on Religion and the Homosexual (CRH), 157, 160−61 covenant, 22, 24, 26, 29−31, 35, 56−57, 61, 63, 222 and marriage, 16, 127 creation, 18, 31, 37, 276−77, 288−89, 294, 301, 317n25, 334−35n6, 340n33, 343n9 as God’s call, 217−30 doctrine of, 9, 67, 88, 109, 160, 218, 232 orders of, 106, 109−11, 268 Creel, Richard, 264−66, 270, 273, 340n15 Curran, Charles, 104, 316nn14,15 dance, 201, 265 and African American culture, 282, 289, 292−94 and the Trinity, 279, 290−91, 324n5, 344n34 in Beloved, 46, 277...

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