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Unique among most debates on homosexuality, this book presents a constructive dialogue between people who disagree on significant ethical and theological matters, and yet maintain a respectful and humanizing posture toward one another.
Few topics are more divisive today than homosexuality. Two Views on Homosexuality, the Bible, and the Church brings a fresh perspective to a well-worn debate. While Christian debates about homosexuality are most often dominated by biblical exegesis, this book seeks to give much-needed attention to the rich history of received Christian tradition, bringing the Bible into conversation with historical and systematic theology.
To that end, both theologians and biblical scholarswell accomplished in their fields and conversant in issues of sexuality and genderarticulate and defend each of the two views:
The main essays are followed by insightful responses that interact with their fellow essayists with civility. Holding to a high view of Scripture, a commitment to the gospel and the church, and a love for peopleespecially those most affected by this topicthe contributors wrestle deeply with the Bible and theology, especially the prohibition texts, the role of procreation, gender complementarity, and pastoral accommodation.
The book concludes with reflections from general editor Preston Sprinkle on the future of discussions on faith and sexuality.
The Counterpoints series presents a comparison and critique of scholarly views on topics important to Christians that are both fair-minded and respectful of the biblical text. Each volume is a one-stop reference that allows readers to evaluate the different positions on a specific issue and form their own, educated opinion.
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Books in the Counterpoints Series
Church Life
Evaluating the Church Growth Movement
Exploring the Worship Spectrum
Remarriage after Divorce in Todays Church
Understanding Four Views on Baptism
Understanding Four Views on the Lords Supper
Who Runs the Church?
Bible and Theology
Are Miraculous Gifts for Today?
Five Views on Apologetics
Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy
Five Views on Law and Gospel
Five Views on Sanctification
Five Views on the Church and Politics
Four Views on Christianity and Philosophy
Four Views on Christian Spirituality
Four Views on Divine Providence
Four Views on Eternal Security
Four Views on Hell
Four Views on Moving Beyond the Bible to Theology
Four Views on Salvation in a Pluralistic World
Four Views on the Apostle Paul
Four Views on the Book of Revelation
Four Views on the Historical Adam
Four Views on the Role of Works at the Final Judgment
Four Views on the Spectrum of Evangelicalism Genesis:
History, Fiction, or Neither?
How Jewish Is Christianity?
Show Them No Mercy
Three Views on Creation and Evolution
Three Views on Eastern Orthodoxy and Evangelicalism
Three Views on the Millennium and Beyond
Three Views on the New Testament Use of the Old Testament
Three Views on the Rapture
Three Views on the Doctrine of the Trinity
Two Views on Women in Ministry
ZONDERVAN
Two Views on Homosexuality, the Bible, and the Church
Copyright 2016 by Preston Sprinkle, William Loader, Megan K. DeFranza, Wesley Hill, Stephen R. Holmes
Requests for information should be addressed to:
Zondervan, 3900 Sparks Dr. SE, Grand Rapids, Michigan 49546
ePub Edition October 2016: ISBN 978-0-3105-2864-7
Scripture quotations marked NIV are from The Holy Bible, New International Version, NIV. Copyright 1973, 1978, 1984, 2011 by Biblica, Inc. Used by permission of Zondervan. All rights reserved worldwide. www.Zondervan.com. The NIV and New International Version are trademarks registered in the United States Patent and Trademark Office by Biblica, Inc.
Scripture quotations marked NRSV are from the New Revised Standard Version Bible. Copyright 1989, National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
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Cover design: Tammy Johnson
Cover image: Ben Greenhoe
16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 /DHV/ 15 14 13 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Pss. Sol.Psalms of Solomon
T. Benj.Testament of Benjamin
T. LeviTestament of Levi
T. Naph.Testament of Naphtali
4Q177 4QCatenaa(MidrEschatb) Catenaa, also Midrash on Eschatologyb
4Q270 4QDeDamascus Documente
4Q270 4QDfDamascus Documentf
Abr.De Abrahamo, On the Life of Abraham
Contempl.De vita contemplative, On the Contemplative Life
DeusQuod Deus sit immutabilis, That God Is Unchangeable
Ebr.De ebrietate, On Drunkenness
Her.Quis rerum divinarum heres sit, Who Is the Heir?
Hypoth.Hypothetica
Ios.De Iosepho, On the Life of Joseph
Mut.De mutatione nominum, On the Change of Names
Prob.Quod omnis probus liber sit, That Every Good Person Is Free
QGQuaestiones et solutiones in Genesin, Questions and Answers on Genesis
Somn.De somniis, On Dreams
Spec.De specialibus legibus, On the Special Laws
Virt.De virtutibus, On the Virtues
VitaVita, Life
Ap.Contra Apionem, Against Apion
A.J.Antiquitates judaicae, Jewish Antiquities
B.J.Bellum judaicum, Jewish War
LegLeges, Laws
Metam.Metamorphoses
ABAnchor Bible Commentary
BETLBibliotheca ephemeridum theologicarum lovaniensium
Msmanuscript
NovTNovum Testamentum, New Testament
SemeiaStSemeia Studies
WBCWord Biblical Commentary
ELJWilliam Loader, Enoch, Levi, and Jubilees on Sexuality (2007)
DSSWilliam Loader, The Dead Sea Scrolls on Sexuality (2009)
PSWilliam Loader, The Pseudepigrapha on Sexuality (2011)
PJTWilliam Loader, Philo, Josephus, and the Testaments on Sexuality (2011)
NTSWilliam Loader, The New Testament on Sexuality (2012)
PRESTON M. SPRINKLE
F ew topics have become as volatile, confusing, and debated in contemporary religious and political discourse as homosexuality. The sanctity of same-sex relations is one of the most pressing ethical questions facing the church today. Unlike other topics that Christians debatethe rapture, the millennium, speaking in tongues, etc.homosexuality affects the very core of human persons. It is, as I have stated elsewhere, not just an issue to be debated, but touches the heart and humanity of real people.
Homosexuality is not just an issue, because people are not mere issues. But it does include issuesseveral issues in fact. Issues informed by Bible passages and doctrines and biblical-theological themes related to human nature, marriage, gender, and sexuality. A full-bodied understanding of homosexuality demands that we dig into the ancient Near Eastern and Greco-Roman context of the Bible, study the perspective on same-sex relations in Judaism and early Christianity, and consult recent works in psychology, sociology, and biology. Homosexuality also involves listening. Listening to and entering into the lives of real gay, lesbian, and bisexual people.
When I began my own study of the topic, I cracked open dozens of books and hundreds of articles and began inching my way through what seemed like an insurmountable pile of research. I learned a lot about Hebrew and Greek words, a biblical view of sexuality, complications about a biblical view of sexuality, church history, sexuality in ancient Mesopotamia, and that body of ancient pornography otherwise known as Roman poetry. But it wasnt until I got to know and love gay and lesbian people that I started to understand the topic of homosexuality.
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