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Bible, Gender, Sexuality : Reframing the Church's Debate on Same-Sex Relationships.
Brownson argues that Christians should reconsider whether or not the biblical strictures against same-sex relations as defined in the ancient world should apply to contemporary, committed same-sex relationships. He carefully analyzes each of the seven main texts that appear to address intimate same-...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Grand Rapids :
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Co.,
2013.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Title Page; Copyright; Contents; Foreword, by Wesley Granberg-Michaelson; I. Why Another Book on Same-Sex Relationships?; 1. Introduction and Overview; The Necessity of Interpretation; Imagination and Biblical Interpretation; The Methodology of This Book; Summing Up; 2. The Traditionalist Case and Its Problems; Analyzing "Gender Complementarity"; Biological Understandings of Gender Complementarity; Critiquing Biological Understandings of Gender Complementarity; Conclusions; Summing Up; 3. Revisionist Readings; Understanding Revisionist Positions; Difficulties in Revisionist Positions.
- Justice, Love, and Sexual EthicsA New Chapter in the Debate over Same-Sex Relationships; Summing Up; II. Recovering a Broad, Cross-Cultural Vision for the Center of Christian Sexual Ethics; 4. Patriarchy; Patriarchy and Egalitarianism: Contrasting Streams in the Creation Narratives; Contrasting Streams in the Old Testament; Contrasting Streams in the New Testament; Resolving the Tensions; The Place of Galatians 3:27-28; Revisiting the New Testament Patriarchal Texts; 1 Corinthians 11:2-16; 1 Corinthians 7:3-5; 1 Corinthians 14:33b-35; 1 Timothy 2:8-15; The "Household Codes."
- Implications for "Gender Complementarity"Implications for the Homosexuality Debate; Summing Up; 5. One Flesh; "One Flesh" in Genesis 2:18-25; "One Flesh" and Jesus' Teaching on Divorce; "One Flesh" in Ephesians 5:21-33; Sex and One Flesh: 1 Corinthians 6:12-20; Implications for the Debate over Gay and Lesbian Relationships; Summing Up; 6. Procreation; The Procreation/Marriage Link; Is Procreation the Essence of Marriage?; Implications for the Debate over Gay and Lesbian Relationships and Marriage; Procreation and Gender Complementarity; The Social Argument; Summing Up; 7. Celibacy.
- The Old Testament and CelibacyThe New Testament and Celibacy; Stoic-Cynic Debates on Marriage; "Eunuchs for the Sake of the Kingdom of Heaven" (Matt. 19:12); Celibacy and Marriage in 1 Corinthians 7; Paul Addresses the Corinthians' Motivations for Avoiding Sex and Marriage; Paul's Response to the Corinthians' Concerns; Celibacy as Gift and Calling; Implications for the Debate about Gay or Lesbian Committed Unions; Conclusions; Summing Up; III. Exploring the "Boundary Language" of Romans 1:24-27; 8. Lust and Desire; The Larger Context of Paul's Letter to the Romans.
- Passion and Lust in Romans 1
- and in the Larger Historical ContextA Possible Allusion to the Roman Imperial House?; Lust in Romans 7; Is Sexual Desire Itself Evil?; Implications for the Homosexuality Debate; Where Does the Focus Lie when Paul Speaks of "Lust"?; On Distinguishing "Orientation" and "Behavior"; Summing Up; 9. Purity and Impurity; Larger Canonical Treatment of Purity and Impurity; Distinguishing "Ceremonial" from "Moral" Law?; Setting the Context: Purity and Impurity in the New Testament; The Meaning of Purity in the Old Testament.