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Covenant and Calling: Towards a Theology of Same-Sex Relationships


Covenant and Calling: Towards a Theology of Same-Sex Relationships

Paperback by Song, Robert

Covenant and Calling: Towards a Theology of Same-Sex Relationships

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ISBN:
9780334051886
Publication Date:
30 Sep 2014
Language:
English
Publisher:
SCM Press
Pages:
128 pages
Format:
Paperback
For delivery:
Estimated despatch 24 - 29 May 2024
Covenant and Calling: Towards a Theology of Same-Sex Relationships

Description

No other issue in recent times has proved as potentially divisive for the churches as that of same-sex relationships. At the same time as many countries have been moving towards legal recognition of civil partnerships or same-sex marriage, Christian responses have tended towards either finding alliances with proponents of conservative social mores, or providing what amounts to theological endorsement of secular liberal values. Against both trends, Robert Song's book advances a theological account of marriage and sexuality which appeals to the central biblical theme of the fulfilment of creation in Christ, but is also open to the possibility of same-sex relationships. Rejecting treatments of the Bible which concentrate on a small number of well-rehearsed texts on same-sex relationships to the exclusion of the Bible's overarching narrative, this book provides a fresh interpretation of the Christian tradition and defends a vision of the church which embraces a plurality of callings, to marriage, celibacy, and covenant partnership.

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