Homosexuality and Christian Faith: Questions of Conscience for the ChurchesWalter Wink Fortress Press, 01/12/1998 - 133 páginas Issues surrounding homosexuality threaten to divide the Christian churches and the people within them. This unique resource presents short pieces from some of the nation's most prominent church leaders - Protestant and Catholic, mainline and evangelical - who address the fundamental moral imperatives about homosexuality. Together they invite the reader to open his or her heart to the Spirit, to tolerance, and to Gospel values. Through personal testimony, factual clarification, and moral suasion, they provide much-needed clarity on the biblical witness and biblical authority, the nature or character of homosexuality and sexual orientation, and many related topics. Contributors include Elise Boulding, Ignacio Castuera, John B. Cobb Jr., William Sloane Coffin, Peggy Campolo, Bishop Paul Egertson, James A. Forbes Jr., Maria Harris, Barbara Kelsey, Morton Kelsey, Gabriel Moran, David G. Myers, Richard Rohr, O.F.M., Ken Sehested, Carole Shields, Donald W. Shriver Jr., M. Mahan Siler Jr., Lewis B. Smedes, and Walter Wink. |
Índice
1 | |
Personal Encounters | 11 |
A Belated Justice Reflections on an Unpaid Debt | 13 |
Thoughts from the Weekend of the Quilt | 19 |
One Familys Story | 23 |
Biblical Witness | 31 |
Homosexuality and the Bible | 33 |
Biblical Fidelity and Sexual Orientation | 50 |
Assessing Christian Tradition | 83 |
Where the Gospel Leads Us | 85 |
Being Christian about Homosexuality | 89 |
Prophetic Voices | 95 |
In Gods House There Are Many Closets | 97 |
Liberty to the Captives and Good Tidings to the Afflicted | 105 |
The Challenge of Nonconformity | 111 |
Acceptance and Blessing | 119 |
What Are the Issues? | 61 |
Homosexualities | 63 |
Accepting What Cannot Be Changed | 67 |
Homosexuality A Word Not Written | 71 |
Exploring the Morality of Homosexuality | 77 |
Baptism Bread and Bonds | 121 |
SameGender Covenants | 128 |
Afterword | |
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