Covenant and calling
Subtitle: towards a theology of same-sex relationships
By: Robert Song
Publisher: SCM Press
Published: 2014
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 110
ISBN-13: 9780334051886
Subjects: Homosexuality; Same-sex marriage; Christianity
Description: No other issue in recent times has proved as potentially divisive for the churches as that of same-sex relationships. At the same time as many countries have been moving towards legal recognition of civil partnerships or same-sex marriage, Christian responses have tended towards either finding alliances with proponents of conservative social mores, or providing what amounts to theological endorsement of secular liberal values. Against both trends, Robert Song’s book advances a theological account of marriage and sexuality which appeals to the central biblical theme of the fulfilment of creation in Christ, but is also open to the possibility of same-sex relationships. Rejecting treatments of the Bible which concentrate on a small number of well-rehearsed texts on same-sex relationships to the exclusion of the Bible’s overarching narrative, this book provides a fresh interpretation of the Christian tradition and defends a vision of the church which embraces a plurality of callings, to marriage, celibacy, and covenant partnership.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 100-103) and indexes.
Table of contents: title: The beginning and end of marriage --; title: Covenant partnership --; title: Sexual differentiation, sex and procreation --; title: Reading the Bible --; title: Same-sex marriage? --; title: Conclusion.