Title: Sexual orientation & human rights in American religious discourse /
Authors: Olyan, Saul M.; Nussbaum, Martha C. 1947-
Publisher: Oxford University Press,
Year: 1998
Subjects: Homosexuality Religious aspects Christianity; Gay rights Religious aspects Christianity; Homosexuality Religious aspects Judaism; Gay rights Religious aspects Judaism; Homosexuality Government policy United States.; Gay rights United States; Sexual orientation Religious aspects Christianity; Sexual orientation Religious aspects Judaism
Contents: Introduction : contemporary Jewish perspectives on homosexuality / Saul M. Olyan -- Religious communities, secular society, and sexuality : one Jewish opinion / David Novak -- Sexual orientation and human rights : a progressive Jewish perspective / Judith Plaskow -- Constructing a Jewish sexual ethic : a rejoinder to David Novak and Judith Plaskow / Louis E. Newman -- Introduction to Roman Catholic perspectives on sexual orientation, human rights, and public policy / Sumner B. Twiss -- Sexual orientation and human rights : a Roman Catholic view / James P. Hanigan -- Sexual orientation and human rights in American religious discourse : a Roman Catholic perspective / Charles E. Curran -- Response to James Hanigan and Charles Curran / Margaret A. Farley -- Introduction to essays representing mainline Protestant churches / Keith Green -- The prophetic stand of the ecumenical churches on homosexuality / Max L. Stackhouse -- Sanctification, homosexuality, and God's triune life / Eugene F. Rogers, Jr. -- Response to Max Stackhouse and Eugene Rogers / Kathryn Tanner -- Introduction : three perspectives on gays in African-American ecclesiology and religious thought / Lewis R. Gordon -- Sexual orientation and human rights discourse in the African-American churches / Cheryl J. Sanders -- Deadly silence : reflections on homosexuality and human rights / Victor Anderson -- Sexual orientation and the language of higher law / William D. Hart -- Sexual and religious pluralism / Andrew Koppelman -- What would it mean to have a "First Amendment" for sexual orientation? / Michael W. McConnell.