The Bible and Homosexual Practice

Texts and Hermeneutics

• Author(s): Robert A. J. Gagnon,
• Publisher: Abingdon Press
• Pages: 520
• ISBN_10: 0687022797
  ISBN_13: 9780687022793
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Religion / Biblical Studies / General , Religion / Biblical Criticism & Interpretation / General , Religion / Christian Theology / Ethics , Religion / Sexuality & Gender Studies ,

Description:... Gagnon offers the most thorough analysis to date of the biblical texts relating to homosexuality. His strong and clearly articulated argument establishes that the Bible contains a unanimous witness defining same-sex intercourse as sin. He does so while rigorously engaging biblical scholars and historians who have written both for and against this understanding of same-sex intercourse. In addition, he demonstrates systematically why attempts to classify as irrelevant for our contemporary context the Bible's rejection of same-sex intercourse fail to do justice to the biblical texts. His conclusions are clear and compassionate, as he cautions readers on all sides of the debate against a truncated gospel, and challenges all to strive for a holistic view of the command to love God and neighbor.