Dirt Greed And Sex

Author : William Countryman
Publisher : SCM Press
ISBN 13 : 0334048532
Total Pages : 411 pages
Book Rating : 4.34/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dirt, Greed and Sex written by William Countryman and published by SCM Press. This book was released on 2013-01-25 with total page 411 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conducting a thorough examination of sexual ethics in the New Testament, this work argues that the New Testament writers did not construct a new sexual ethic from the ground up, but took over existing cultural patterns and refocused them, pushing some elements from the centre to the periphery. This suggests a pattern of ethics for contemporary life. Discussing biblical notions of purity and property, which dominate ethical ideas in the New Testament, the author characterizes sex as one of the rich blessings of creation, "to be received with delight and thanksgiving". Countryman's generous and eirenic views on sexual matters, based as they are on solid biblical research, are a welcome intervention in an area which unfortunately, in Christian circles, tends still to be dominated by conservatism and misinformation, rather than by liberal principle.

Author : Louis William Countryman
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781859310397
Total Pages : 290 pages
Book Rating : 4.97/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Dirt, Greed and Sex written by Louis William Countryman and published by . This book was released on 1996 with total page 290 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Ted F. PetersMartinezHewlett
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
ISBN 13 : 157910181X
Total Pages : 351 pages
Book Rating : 4.17/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sin written by Ted F. PetersMartinezHewlett and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 1998-10-21 with total page 351 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sin. Many Christians today have lost the ability to talk about it in personal terms. For the last quarter century the theological establishment, like society, has consigned the human predicament to structures of political and economic oppression or to systemic evil such as race and gender discrimination. In the process, people have lost interest in the internal workings of the human soul, attributing the evils of our world to social forces beyond the scope of personal responsibility.

Author : John Corvino
Publisher : Rowman & Littlefield
ISBN 13 : 9780847684830
Total Pages : 426 pages
Book Rating : 4.30/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Same Sex written by John Corvino and published by Rowman & Littlefield. This book was released on 1999 with total page 426 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Same Sex' presents a comprehensive anthology on homosexuality, exploring historical conceptions of homosexuality, homosexual identity, and a variety of public policy issues.

Author : William R.G. Loader
Publisher : Mohr Siebeck
ISBN 13 : 3161601998
Total Pages : 473 pages
Book Rating : 4.96/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sexuality and Gender written by William R.G. Loader and published by Mohr Siebeck. This book was released on 2021-03-15 with total page 473 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume brings together essays on the theme of sexuality and gender by William R. G. Loader, one of the leading specialists in the field, arising from his extensive investigation of early Jewish and Christian literature about such issues as marriage, adultery, divorce, celibacy, gender roles, and incest

Author : William Loader
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802867243
Total Pages : 576 pages
Book Rating : 4.47/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The New Testament on Sexuality written by William Loader and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2012-09-13 with total page 576 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the fifth and final installment of William Loader's authoritative, acclaimed series on attitudes toward sexuality in the ancient world. Sexual themes are never far beneath the surface where there are human beings. This was certainly the case for Christians in the first-century world. Some began in a strongly Jewish context and worked out their faith in dialogue with their scriptural heritage. Others had to work out their sexual ethics in a world strongly influenced by Greco-Roman ideals and practices. In The New Testament on Sexuality William Loader explores the relevant cultural contexts and looks at New Testament texts related to sexuality, highlighting both the warnings about sexual wrongdoing and the affirmations of sexual union. He deals with specific themes such as divorce, same-sex relations, women and men in leadership, and celibacy; individual behavior, gender roles and rules, preferences, and hopes also fall under the scope of his investigation. Broad-ranging and thorough, this book engages both the biblical texts and the diverse ways in which they have been interpreted.

Author : Richard A. Burridge
Publisher : Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0802844588
Total Pages : 513 pages
Book Rating : 4.83/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Imitating Jesus written by Richard A. Burridge and published by Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. This book was released on 2007-10-22 with total page 513 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In contrast to many studies of New Testament ethics, which treat the New Testament in general and Paul in particular, this book focuses on the person of Jesus himself. Richard Burridge maintains that imitating Jesus means following both his words -- which are very demanding ethical teachings -- and his deeds and example of being inclusive and accepting of everyone. Burridge carefully and systematically traces that combination of rigorous ethical instruction and inclusive community through the letters of Paul and the four Gospels, treating specific ethical issues pertaining to each part of Scripture. The book culminates with a chapter on apartheid as an ethical challenge to reading the New Testament; using South Africa as a contemporary case study enables Burridge to highlight and further apply his previous discussion and conclusions.

Author : James R. White
Publisher : Baker Books
ISBN 13 : 1441211659
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.51/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Same Sex Controversy written by James R. White and published by Baker Books. This book was released on 2002-04-01 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In the guise of tolerance, Hollywood and modern culture have granted "alternative lifestyle" status to a behavior condemned by Scripture. In the Same Sex Controversy, the authors clarify and defend the Bible's stand on homosexuality as they expand on key passages. Subjects include the basis of biblical morality, biblical teaching on marriage and sexuality, the new "homosexual apologist," and both Old and New Testament witnesses against homosexuality. They also provide information on how to lovingly and biblically reach out to those caught up in its grip.

Author : William R. G. Loader
Publisher : Westminster John Knox Press
ISBN 13 : 0664231616
Total Pages : 178 pages
Book Rating : 4.13/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sexuality in the New Testament written by William R. G. Loader and published by Westminster John Knox Press. This book was released on 2010-01-01 with total page 178 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: ""Loader has brought together sources from the ancient world and opinions from a wide range of scholarship in many contentious areas concerning sexuality homosexuality, divorce, submission of women, sex outside marriage and celibacy in all of these he avoids leading the witness, letting the texts speak for themeselves He states the opinion of other scholars and occasionally of himself but his aim is to educate and not preach."---Dr. David Instone-Brewer, Senior Research Fellow in Rabbinics and the New Testament, Tyndale House, Cambridge, UK" ""Loader brings an honest and authoritative voice to the discussion of what the New Testament says about human sexuality. He invites his readers to join in a serious engagement with the scriptural texts in their social and historical context, and in so doing he leaves them with the challenge of wrestling with how those texts should be read today"---Dr. Judith Lieu, Lady Margaret's Professor of Divinity, University of Cambridge, UK" "Loader looks at hotly contested New Testament passages on sexuality and offers a fair and balanced treatment of what scholars say about them. He also offers an analysis of why interpreters say what they say and demonstrates how texts may be interpreted specifically to support a preformed opinion" "Written in straightforward nontechnical language this timely and informative text is ideal for college classes as well as Bible study groups."--BOOK JACKET.

Author : Lisa Sowle Cahill
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521578486
Total Pages : 356 pages
Book Rating : 4.85/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Sex, Gender, and Christian Ethics written by Lisa Sowle Cahill and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1996-08-28 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book endorses feminist critiques of gender, yet upholds the insight of traditional Christianity that sex, commitment and parenthood are fulfilling human relations. Their unity is a positive ideal, though not an absolute norm. Women and men should enjoy equal personal respect and social power. In reply to feminist critics of oppressive gender and sex norms and to communitarian proponents of Christian morality, Cahill argues that effective intercultural criticism of injustice requires a modest defence of moral objectivity. She thus adopts a critical realism as its moral foundation, drawing on Aristotle and Aquinas. Moral judgment should be based on reasonable, practical, prudent and cross-culturally nuanced reflection on human experience. This is combined with a New Testament model of community, centred on solidarity, compassion and inclusion of the economically or socially marginalised.