Homosexuality and Christian faith : questions of conscience for the churches / edited by Walter Wink
- Bib ID:
- 46934
- Format:
- Book
- Description:
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- Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, c1999
- viii, 133 p. ; 23 cm.
- ISBN:
- 0800631862 (alkaline paper)
- Summary:
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"Ideal for individual or group use, this unique resource presents short pieces from some of the nation's most preeminent church leaders - women and men, Protestant and Catholic, mainline and evangelical - who address fundamental moral imperatives about homosexuality. Through personal testimony, factual clarification, and moral suasion, they invite the reader to open his or her heart to the Spirit, to Gospel values, and to full acceptance of gay and lesbian persons in the "family of God.""--BOOK JACKET.
- Full contents:
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- Preface / Walter Wink
- Introduction / James A. Forbes, Jr.
- Pt. 1. Personal Encounters. 1. A Belated Justice: Reflections on an Unpaid Debt / Donald W. Shriver, Jr. 2. Thoughts from the Weekend of the Quilt / Carole Shields. 3. One Family's Story / Bishop Paul Wennes Egertson
- Pt. 2. Biblical Witness. 4. Homosexuality and the Bible / Walter Wink. 5. Biblical Fidelity and Sexual Orientation / Ken Sehested
- Pt. 3. What Are the Issues? 6. Homosexualities / Morton Kelsey and Barbara Kelsey. 7. Accepting What Cannot Be Changed / David G. Myers. 8. Homosexuality: A Word Not Written / Maria Harris and Gabriel Moran. 9. Exploring the Morality of Homosexuality / Lewis B. Smedes
- Pt. 4. Assessing Christian Tradition. 10. Where the Gospel Leads Us / Richard Rohr. 11. Being Christian about Homosexuality / John B. Cobb, Jr.
- Pt. 5. Prophetic Voices. 12. In God's House There Are Many Closets / Peggy Campolo.
- 13. Liberty to the Captives and Good Tidings to the Afflicted / William Sloane Coffin. 14. The Challenge of Nonconformity / Elise Boulding
- Pt. 6. Acceptance and Blessing. 15. Baptism, Bread, and Bonds / Ignacio Castuera. 16. Same-Gender Covenants / M. Mahan Siler, Jr.
- Afterword / Walter Wink.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 70).
- Subject:
- Homosexuality -- Religious aspects -- Christianity
- Other authors/contributors:
- Wink, Walter
- Copyright:
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- Publication date:
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