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Theology and Sexuality: Classic and Contemporary Readings

ISBN: 978-0-631-21277-5

December 2001

Wiley-Blackwell

446 pages

Description
This much-needed volume draws on a wide range of resources and some of the freshest talent in the field to examine debates about theology and sexuality. Material is drawn from a variety of ancient, medieval, modern and contemporary texts to provide readers with a broad perspective on the issues discussed.
About the Author
Eugene F. Rogers is Associate Professor of Philosophical Theology and Chair of the Program in Theology, Ethics and Culture in the Department of Religious Studies at the University of Virginia, Charlottesville. His previous publications include Thomas Aquinas and Karl Barth (1995) and Sexuality and the Christian Body (Blackwell Publishers, 1999).
Features

  • Includes classic and contemporary readings from Protestantism, Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy and the Enlightenment.

  • Presents arguments from scripture, tradition, the nature of the church and the means of grace, rather than from experience.

  • Organised under theological headings rather than in a ‘for and against' format.

  • Includes previously untranslated material by Thomas Aquinas and Karl Barth.