Frequently asked questions about sexuality, the Bible, and the church
By: Ted A. Smith, ed
Contributors: Covenant Network of Presbyterians
Publisher: Covenant Network of Presbyterians
Published: 2006
Place of publication: San Francisco, Calif
Language: eng
Number of pages: 122
Subjects: Homosexuality; Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.); Ordination of gays; Ordination of lesbians; Christian gays
Table of contents: title: What are the questions? And what is this booklet? / Ted A. Smith; title: What do Presbyterians believe about the authority of Scripture? / William C. Placher; title: What does Genesis 1-3 teach about sexuality, and how should we live in response? / Patrick D. Miller; title: For what sin did God destroy Sodom and Gomorrah? / Christine Roy Yoder; title: What does Leviticus teach about same-sex relations, and how should we live in response? / Robert B. Coote; title: On matters of sex, what kind of "textual orientation" does the wisdom literature provide? / William P. Brown; title: What do the Gospels say about sex and sexuality? / Margaret P. Aymer; title: What does Romans 1 teach about homosexuality, and how should we live in response? / Beverly Roberts Gaventa; title: What does 1 Corinthians 6:9 teach about sexuality, and how should we live in response? / Robert L. Brawley; title: Since the Bible seems only to condemn same-sex relations, how can some Christians affirm same-sex marriage or the ordination of openly gay and lesbian Christians? Where is there any support for this approach in the Bible? / Jeffrey S. Siker; title: What does Christian baptism have to do with the current controversy in the church about sexuality and ordination / Thomas G. Long; title: What do the Confessions teach about sexuality? And how do they inform the ethical commitments of Presbyterian Christians? / Christopher Elwood; title: What has ordination implied for Reformed Christians, and how might Reformed theologies of ordination inform our current debates about ordination and sexuality? / Dawn DeVries; title: What do Presbyterians say about marriage? / David H. Jensen; title: Is gender complementarity essential to Christian marriage? / Mary McClintock Fulkerson; title: Can God use sex for our sanctification? / Eugene F. Rogers, Jr.; title: What can we learn about the texture of Christian ethics by observing how African American congregations have historically dealt with issues related to sexuality? / Gayraud S. Wilmore; title: If the church accepts homosexuality, what is to keep us from accepting sins like adultery, incest, bestiality, and sex with children? Don't we have to draw the line somewhere? / Mark Douglas; title: How does the struggle for full inclusion of gay and lesbian Christians relate to the civil rights movement and other struggles for freedom and equality? / J. Herbert Nelson, II; title: What do Presbyterians teach about sexuality? / Su Yon Pak; title: Is there room in the PC(USA) for those of differing orientations? / Jeanne Stevenson-Moessner; title: Can people change their sexual orientations? Should the church require gay and lesbian Christians to try to change their orientations in order to be ordained? / Nancy J. Ramsay; title: How might we respond in debates among Christians on homosexuality when told to "love the sinner but hate the sin"? / Robert C. Dykstra; title: Would inclusivity alienate our global partner churches? / M. Thomas Thangaraj; title: What could bring a person to change his or her mind about sexuality and ordination? What happened in your case? / Jack Rogers; title: Which side are you on? And are there more than two? / Cynthia M. Campbell; title: Reprinted from previous publications: What do leaders and scholars in the Black Church say about sexuality and ordination? An Open Letter to the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr; title: What do biblical scholars say about homosexuality and scripture? The Whole Bible for the Whole Human Family