ABSTRACT
Conservative religions are often portrayed as sex-constraining and sex-negative, criticised for their restrictive views on sexuality, pleasure and embodiment (Yip 2009, 2010). Yet, studies that investigate how followers live by, respond to and negotiate with religiously derived regulations of sexuality reveal a range of experiences. This body of research suggests that shifting the analytical foci from religious rhetoric to lived religion produces a more nuanced and dynamic picture of the intersection of sexuality and religion (Hunt 2009; McGuire 2008; Meghani 2010; Moon 2004).
