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Why Churches Need to Talk about Sexuality : Lessons Learned from Hard Conversations about Sex, Gender, Identity, and the Bible /
Journalist and pastor Mark Wingfield describes how the congregation he serves undertook a detailed study of how the church should respond to the inclusion of gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgender members. The study was conducted by a nineteen-member blue-ribbon task force that included wide repres...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Baltimore, Maryland :
Project Muse,
2019
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| Colección: | Book collections on Project MUSE.
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Foreword / David P. Gushee
- Our story
- Process and transparency
- Getting started
- The pain of silence
- Where we've come from
- Looking for resources
- "Dear God, I think I might be Bi"
- Study, dialogue, and prayer
- What the Bible says
- Medicine, science, and genetics
- What about the T in LGBT?
- Laura Beth
- What about marriage?
- Taking the pulse of the study group
- Majority versus minority
- Reporting to the congregation
- We love Wilshire
- Church conference
- The vote and the fallout
- Rebuilding
- For the joy set before you
- Appendix A.: Common questions and objections
- Appendix B. Q&A about the study group
- Appendix C. What the Bible says about same-sex relationships
- Appendix D. The Baptist pastor and his transgender friends
- Appendix E. Genetics and sexuality
- Appendix F. Adolescent sexuality.