Religion and sexuality

Erotic sculptures from Khajuraho temple complex, India

The views of the various different religions and religious believers regarding human sexuality range widely among and within them, from giving sex and sexuality a rather negative connotation to believing that sex is the highest expression of the divine.^[1] Some religions distinguish between human sexual activities that are practised for biological reproduction (sometimes allowed only when in formal marital status and at a certain age) and those practised only for sexual pleasure in evaluating relative morality.

^ Urban, Hugh B. (2010). "Chapter 4 – The Sacrifice of Desire: Sexual Rites and the Secret Sacrifice". The Power of Tantra: Religion, Sexuality, and the Politics of South Asian Studies. London and New York: I.B. Tauris. pp. 99–124. doi:10.5040/9780755625185.ch-004. ISBN 978-0-7556-2518-5.

[Urban_2010-1] Urban, Hugh B. (2010). "Chapter 4 – The Sacrifice of Desire: Sexual Rites and the Secret Sacrifice". The Power of Tantra: Religion, Sexuality, and the Politics of South Asian Studies. London and New York: I.B. Tauris. pp. 99–124. doi:10.5040/9780755625185.ch-004. ISBN 978-0-7556-2518-5.

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