What the Bible Really Says about Homosexuality
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| Rating | : | 4.77 (573 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 188636009X |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 152 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2013-02-26 |
| Language | : | English |
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Buy it, read it, and then send it to Christians who are homophobic. Alice Fire I needed a book that would help explain homosexuality to people who are close-minded, conservative, republican, Christians who believe that homosexuality is a sin, that Catholics are not Christians and that conversion therapy works. This book is that book. It is awesome. It takes everything that the vast majority of conservative Christians have thrown up in opposition to homosexuality and debunks it in calm, rational, logical, researched, empirical way. It takes the view that the Bi. Excellent read. I have a Master's of Divinity from Richard Excellent read. I have a Master's of Divinity from a Southern Baptist University, and this is a good stufy, especially for those who have always gone to church but may never have really studied it deeply. This goes beyond what is taught from many pulpits to truly explain the loving God that the Bible allows us to glimpse.. This is a book that any truth-seeking and thoughtful Christian S. Mitchell This is a book that any truth-seeking and thoughtful Christian should read. At least give it some consideration. What we believe leads to behavior and, quite truthfully, the church's teaching on this subject has lead to alienation, violence and death. What if what the church has been teaching isn't correct? Open your heart and mind to something that may make you a more Christ-like Christian.
While cautioning against viewing biblical teaching as "the last word on sexual ethics," he stresses the need for accurate understanding of what the biblical "facts" are and concludes that "the Bible supplies no real basis for the condemnation of homosexuality." Using the studies of Yale historian John Boswell (Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe, LJ 7/94), New Testament seminary professor L. . William Countryman, and others, Helminiak examines the story of Sodom (where the sin was inhospitality), Jude's decrying sex with angels, and five texts-Leviticus 18:22 and 20:13, Romans 1:27, I Corinthians 6:9, and I Timothy 1:10-all of which, he concludes, "are concerned with something other than homogenital activity itself." Highly recommended for all libraries.Copyright 1994 Reed Business Inf
Now, in this books which has sold over 100 thousand copies, read what the Bible really says about homosexuality.. Olyan of Brown and Robin Scruggs of Union Theological Seminary--show that those who perceive Bible passages as condemning homosexuality are being misled by faulty translation and poor interpretation Danial A. Does God's word in the Bible really condemn homosexuality? Top scholars--like the late John Boswell of Yale, Daniel Boyarin of Berkeley, Bernadette Brooten of Brandeis, L.William Countryman of the Church Divinity School of the Pacific in Berkeley, Victor P. Furnish of SMU, Saul M. Helminiak, Ph.D. respected theologian and Roman Catholic priest, explains in a clear fashion the fascinating new insights of these scholars The Bible has been used to justify slavery, inquisitions, apartheid and the subjugation of women