For many years, sexual sins were addressed almost exclusively from a male perspective. Most of society held the belief that sex was a male-oriented activity in which a woman may or may not be a willing participant (Letha Dawson Scanzoni, Sexuality. Philadelphia: Westminster, 1984, 30). And, with few exceptions, sex was almost never discussed. [...]
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Women and Sexual Sin, Part 1
Posted in Sexuality, Women's Ministry, tagged Daniel Heibach, Deitrich Bonhoeffer, Elisabth Elliot, feminism, Gender roles, homosexuality, Kate Logan, Paige Patterson, Passion and Purity, Sexual Morality, Sexuality on May 11, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
A New Sexual Ethic? Part 5
Posted in Book Reviews, Christianity, Sexuality, Women's Ministry, tagged 2 Chronicles 7, Carter Heyward, feminism, Gender roles, God, holiness, idolatry, Isaiah 40, Isaiah 53, repentance, Sexual Morality, Sexuality, Sin, worship on April 26, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is part 5 in a 5 part series of a response to Carter Heyward’s essay “Notes on Historical Grounding: Beyond Sexual Essentialism,” which can be found in Sexuality and the Sacred:Sources for Theological Reflection, edited by James B. Nelson and Sandra P. Longfellow.
Heyward concludes her argument with a rallying cry for change. As is [...]
A New Sexual Ethic? Part 4
Posted in Book Reviews, Christianity, Sexuality, Women's Ministry, tagged 1 Corinthians 10, 1 Corinthians 5, 1 Corthinians 12, 1 Thessalonians 5, Audre Lorde, Carter Heyward, Christianity, community, CS Lewis, Ephesians 2, Ephesians 6, Ethics, Freud, Galatians 6, Gender roles, glory of God, Hebrews 10, homosexuality, John 14, Joy, Leviticus 18, Leviticus 20, Malachi 3, Matthew 18, Philippians 4, Psalms, Quadrilateral of Interpretation, Wesley on April 23, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
This is part 4 in a 5 part series of a response to Carter Heyward’s essay “Notes on Historical Grounding: Beyond Sexual Essentialism,” which can be found in Sexuality and the Sacred:Sources for Theological Reflection, edited by James B. Nelson and Sandra P. Longfellow.
Third, Heyward claims that Christianity is isolating and denies community. By setting [...]