Same-sex attraction and the church : the surprising plausibility of the celibate life / Ed Shaw.

By: Material type: TextPublisher: Downers Grove, Illinois : IVP Books, an imprint of InterVarsity Press, 2015Description: 172 pages ; 21 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780830844517 (pbk. : alk. paper)
  • 0830844511 (pbk. : alk. paper)
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BR 115.H6 .S53 2015
Contents:
Plausibility problem -- Plausibility problem and me -- Misstep[s]: 1. Your identity is your sexuality -- 2. A family is mom, dad, and 2.4 children -- 3. If you're born gay it can't be wrong to be gay -- 4. If it makes you happy it must be right -- 5. Sex is where true intimacy is found -- 6. Men and women are equal and interchangeable -- 7. Godliness is heterosexuality -- 8. Celibacy is bad for you -- 9. Suffering is to be avoided -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. The plausibility of the traditional interpretation of scripture -- Appendix 2. The implausibility of the new interpretations of Scripture.
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Includes bibliographical references.

Plausibility problem -- Plausibility problem and me -- Misstep[s]: 1. Your identity is your sexuality -- 2. A family is mom, dad, and 2.4 children -- 3. If you're born gay it can't be wrong to be gay -- 4. If it makes you happy it must be right -- 5. Sex is where true intimacy is found -- 6. Men and women are equal and interchangeable -- 7. Godliness is heterosexuality -- 8. Celibacy is bad for you -- 9. Suffering is to be avoided -- Conclusion -- Appendix 1. The plausibility of the traditional interpretation of scripture -- Appendix 2. The implausibility of the new interpretations of Scripture.

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