Author: Alice Ogden Bellis
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1608995739
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
The collaborative work of a biblical scholar and a biology professor, Science, Scripture, and Homosexuality addresses scripture passages relating to homosexuality and explains the foundation of genetics and the growing evidence suggesting an organic basis for sexual orientation. The authors argue that the role of the homosexual, as well as the heterosexual, within the Church should be based upon common criteria for all. Written in a highly accessible manner, the book is ideal for congregational discussion.
Science, Scripture, and Homosexuality
Author: Alice Ogden Bellis
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1608995739
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
The collaborative work of a biblical scholar and a biology professor, Science, Scripture, and Homosexuality addresses scripture passages relating to homosexuality and explains the foundation of genetics and the growing evidence suggesting an organic basis for sexual orientation. The authors argue that the role of the homosexual, as well as the heterosexual, within the Church should be based upon common criteria for all. Written in a highly accessible manner, the book is ideal for congregational discussion.
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1608995739
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 129
Book Description
The collaborative work of a biblical scholar and a biology professor, Science, Scripture, and Homosexuality addresses scripture passages relating to homosexuality and explains the foundation of genetics and the growing evidence suggesting an organic basis for sexual orientation. The authors argue that the role of the homosexual, as well as the heterosexual, within the Church should be based upon common criteria for all. Written in a highly accessible manner, the book is ideal for congregational discussion.
Homosexuality, Science, and the "Plain Sense" of Scripture
Author: David L. Balch
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1556355386
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
Elucidates the pros and cons of current Christian discussion on the question of homosexuality. Challenges partisan views and provides a balanced discussion.
Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN: 1556355386
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 331
Book Description
Elucidates the pros and cons of current Christian discussion on the question of homosexuality. Challenges partisan views and provides a balanced discussion.
God and the Gay Christian
Author: Matthew Vines
Publisher: Convergent
ISBN: 1601425163
Category : Christian gays
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Reinterpretations of key Bible texts related to sexual orientation, written by a Harvard student, present an accessible case for a modern Christian conservative acceptance of sexual diversity.
Publisher: Convergent
ISBN: 1601425163
Category : Christian gays
Languages : en
Pages : 226
Book Description
Reinterpretations of key Bible texts related to sexual orientation, written by a Harvard student, present an accessible case for a modern Christian conservative acceptance of sexual diversity.
Science, Scripture, and Same-Sex Love
Author: Michael B. Regele
Publisher: Abingdon Press
ISBN: 142679830X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Some church leaders assert that same-sex practices are incompatible with Christian teaching. The issues threaten to divide our churches and our nation. Michael B. Regele explores current scientific findings in biological brain research, psychology, and sociology, which he compares with scriptural teaching from the Bible, to show that a faithful reading of the Scriptures is consistent with Christian teaching that affirms same-sex love leading to same-sex marriage and full participation of LGBT people in church leadership. Regele offers compelling research and well-supported answers to common-place questions such as: Is sexual orientation a choice that individuals make? Is same sex attraction sinful in itself? Is it true that lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender (LGBT) people are more promiscuous than heterosexual people? Is it true that same-sex relationships do not last as long as hetero-sex relationships? Is abstinence for life the only choice for a Christian LGBT person? Or can they enter into intimate and sexual relationships and still be active participants in a Christian community? Is same-gender marriage acceptable from a Christian standpoint?
Publisher: Abingdon Press
ISBN: 142679830X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 392
Book Description
Some church leaders assert that same-sex practices are incompatible with Christian teaching. The issues threaten to divide our churches and our nation. Michael B. Regele explores current scientific findings in biological brain research, psychology, and sociology, which he compares with scriptural teaching from the Bible, to show that a faithful reading of the Scriptures is consistent with Christian teaching that affirms same-sex love leading to same-sex marriage and full participation of LGBT people in church leadership. Regele offers compelling research and well-supported answers to common-place questions such as: Is sexual orientation a choice that individuals make? Is same sex attraction sinful in itself? Is it true that lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, and transgender (LGBT) people are more promiscuous than heterosexual people? Is it true that same-sex relationships do not last as long as hetero-sex relationships? Is abstinence for life the only choice for a Christian LGBT person? Or can they enter into intimate and sexual relationships and still be active participants in a Christian community? Is same-gender marriage acceptable from a Christian standpoint?
Homosexuality
Author: Stanton L. Jones
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830875549
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
: The Use of Scientific Research in the Church's Moral Debate Stanton L. Jones and Mark A. Yarhouse help us face questions surrounding the issue of homosexuality squarely and honestly, examining how scientific research has been used within church debates--especially within Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran and Episcopal contexts.
Publisher: InterVarsity Press
ISBN: 0830875549
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description
: The Use of Scientific Research in the Church's Moral Debate Stanton L. Jones and Mark A. Yarhouse help us face questions surrounding the issue of homosexuality squarely and honestly, examining how scientific research has been used within church debates--especially within Methodist, Presbyterian, Lutheran and Episcopal contexts.
Can You Be Gay and Christian?
Author: Michael L. Brown
Publisher: Charisma Media
ISBN: 162136593X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
How do we respond to gay people who tell us how much they love the Lord and experience God's power? What do we do with the argument that the Old Testament laws no longer apply? Brown provides solid biblical answers, clearly written and based on sound scholarship, in a compassionate way that causes the reader to wrestle with the issues and discover the biblical truth. He also provides practical guidelines for ministry, and shows readers how they can resist the gay agenda while reaching out to their gay friends and family.
Publisher: Charisma Media
ISBN: 162136593X
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 305
Book Description
How do we respond to gay people who tell us how much they love the Lord and experience God's power? What do we do with the argument that the Old Testament laws no longer apply? Brown provides solid biblical answers, clearly written and based on sound scholarship, in a compassionate way that causes the reader to wrestle with the issues and discover the biblical truth. He also provides practical guidelines for ministry, and shows readers how they can resist the gay agenda while reaching out to their gay friends and family.
Reforming Sodom
Author: Heather R. White
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469624125
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
With a focus on mainline Protestants and gay rights activists in the twentieth century, Heather R. White challenges the usual picture of perennial adversaries with a new narrative about America's religious and sexual past. White argues that today's antigay Christian traditions originated in the 1920s when a group of liberal Protestants began to incorporate psychiatry and psychotherapy into Christian teaching. A new therapeutic orthodoxy, influenced by modern medicine, celebrated heterosexuality as God-given and advocated a compassionate "cure" for homosexuality. White traces the unanticipated consequences as the therapeutic model, gaining popularity after World War II, spurred mainline church leaders to take a critical stance toward rampant antihomosexual discrimination. By the 1960s, a vanguard of clergy began to advocate for homosexual rights. White highlights the continued importance of this religious support to the consolidating gay and lesbian movement. However, the ultimate irony of the therapeutic orthodoxy's legacy was its adoption, beginning in the 1970s, by the Christian Right, which embraced it as an age-old tradition to which Americans should return. On a broader level, White challenges the assumed secularization narrative in LGBT progress by recovering the forgotten history of liberal Protestants' role on both sides of the debates over orthodoxy and sexual identity.
Publisher: UNC Press Books
ISBN: 1469624125
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 261
Book Description
With a focus on mainline Protestants and gay rights activists in the twentieth century, Heather R. White challenges the usual picture of perennial adversaries with a new narrative about America's religious and sexual past. White argues that today's antigay Christian traditions originated in the 1920s when a group of liberal Protestants began to incorporate psychiatry and psychotherapy into Christian teaching. A new therapeutic orthodoxy, influenced by modern medicine, celebrated heterosexuality as God-given and advocated a compassionate "cure" for homosexuality. White traces the unanticipated consequences as the therapeutic model, gaining popularity after World War II, spurred mainline church leaders to take a critical stance toward rampant antihomosexual discrimination. By the 1960s, a vanguard of clergy began to advocate for homosexual rights. White highlights the continued importance of this religious support to the consolidating gay and lesbian movement. However, the ultimate irony of the therapeutic orthodoxy's legacy was its adoption, beginning in the 1970s, by the Christian Right, which embraced it as an age-old tradition to which Americans should return. On a broader level, White challenges the assumed secularization narrative in LGBT progress by recovering the forgotten history of liberal Protestants' role on both sides of the debates over orthodoxy and sexual identity.
Scripture and Homosexuality
Author: Marion L. Soards
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 9780664255954
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Focused and accessible, this book is an ideal starting point for the discussion of how the church should respond to and deal with issues of homosexuality.
Publisher: Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN: 9780664255954
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 112
Book Description
Focused and accessible, this book is an ideal starting point for the discussion of how the church should respond to and deal with issues of homosexuality.
Gay Christian 101
Author: Richard G. Brentlinger
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780979246104
Category : Homosexuality
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
Publisher:
ISBN: 9780979246104
Category : Homosexuality
Languages : en
Pages : 391
Book Description
Homosexuality and the Bible
Author: Dan Otto Via
Publisher: Fortress Press
ISBN: 9781451405606
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
In this brief book, two New Testament scholars discuss the relevant biblical texts on the subject of homosexual behavior and orientation.
Publisher: Fortress Press
ISBN: 9781451405606
Category : Religion
Languages : en
Pages : 134
Book Description
In this brief book, two New Testament scholars discuss the relevant biblical texts on the subject of homosexual behavior and orientation.