Sex and Gender: Christian Ethical Reflections
266Sex and Gender: Christian Ethical Reflections
266Paperback
-
PICK UP IN STORECheck Availability at Nearby Stores
Available within 2 business hours
Related collections and offers
Overview
Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781626165304 |
---|---|
Publisher: | Georgetown University Press |
Publication date: | 11/09/2017 |
Pages: | 266 |
Product dimensions: | 5.90(w) x 8.90(h) x 0.70(d) |
Age Range: | 18 Years |
About the Author
Patricia Beattie Jung is visiting professor of Christian ethics, Saint Paul School of Theology, and the author of Sex on Earth as it is in Heaven and Hetrosexism: An Ethical Challenge.
Table of Contents
IntroductionMary Jo Iozzio and Patricia Beattie Jung1. The Natural Law and Innovative Forms of Marriage: A ReconsiderationJean Porter2. Reconciling Evangelical Christianity with Our Sexual Minorities: Reframing the Biblical DiscussionDavid P. Gushee3. Love Your Enemy: Sex, Power, and Christian EthicsKaren Lebacqz4. The Harms of Sexual HarassmentTraci C. West5. Biblical Ethics, HIV/AIDS, and South African Pentecostal Women: Constructing an A-B-C-D Prevention StrategyKatherine Attanasi6. Brothers in Arms and Brothers in Christ? The Military and the Catholic Church as Sources for Modern Korean MasculinitiesHoon Choi7. Mobile Porn? Teenage Sexting and Justice for WomenKaren Peterson-Iyer8. Christian Ethics and Human Trafficking Activism: Progressive Christianity and Social CritiqueLetitia M. Campbell and Yvonne C. Zimmerman9. The Ethics of “Recognition”: Rowan Williams’s Approach to Moral Discernment in the Christian CommunitySarah MosesList of ContributorsIndex
What People are Saying About This
Few disciplines in ethics have undergone as many rapid and dramatic changes as the academic study of sex and gender. In this welcome new volume, the editors have chosen the work of scholars at the forefront of the field. Each essay offers clear and rigorous theological responses to some of the most urgent topics in sexual ethics, including same-sex marriage, sexual violence, the social constructs of gender, the prevalence of “sexting” among teenagers, and the decriminalization of sex work. The essays also take into consideration the effects of these issues on marginalized populations, particularly African-American women, and the ways in which they impact cultures globally in countries such as South Korea and South Africa. With this breadth of concern, as well as wisdom, this book constitutes a quantum leap in in the field of sexual ethics.
Insightful, prophetic, pastoral, and engaged—this book is a must-read for thoughtful Christians seeking the finest scholarship in Christian ethics on the topics of sex and gender. Diverse authors provide provocative arguments on a wide range of issues, helping the reader understand what is at stake—and why it matters.
The recent influential essays in Christian ethics of sexuality highlighted in this compact volume are extraordinarily diverse in their authorship, methods, and topics. An ideal teaching collection, it reflects the editors’ wide knowledge of the field and deep concern for education. It is also a perfect starting point for anyone wanting to probe recent scholarly writing in Christian sexual ethics.
Sex and Gender brings together classic essays on a set of topics whose controversial nature may have shifted but certainly not lessened with time. These essays remain on point and extremely contemporary. The highly respected authors bring exceptional analytic skills and theological depth to the project, and are just as strong on an ingredient too often missing in the culture wars: common sense. This book excels both as an introduction to high-level theological ethics, and to reasoned and reasonable engagement around cultural and political flash points.