Homosexuality and Christian Community

Name: Homosexuality and Christian Community
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ISBN: 9780664256647

Edited By: Choon-Leong Seow

Westminster John Knox Press / 1996 / Paperback

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Product Description

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Advisory: Some of the views put forth in this book challenge the traditionally accepted teachings on the issue of homosexuality and the Christian faith. The faculty of the Princeton Theological Seminary address such vital issues as ordaining homosexuals, blessing homosexual unions, using gender-specific language for God in the liturgy, defining the church's role in a pluralistic society, and more.

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Title: Homosexuality and Christian Community
Format: Paperback
Number of Pages: 176
Vendor: Westminster John Knox Press
Publication Date: 1996

Dimensions: 9 X 6 X 1.12 (inches)
Weight: 10 ounces
ISBN: 0664256643
ISBN-13: 9780664256647
Stock No: WW6643

Publisher's Description

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Contributors to this volume, all members of the Princeton Theological Seminary faculty, address the various exegetical, interpretive, and practical issues pertaining to the issue of homosexuality in the church. These include the ordination of homosexuals and the blessing of homosexual unions, as well as broader issues dealing with liturgical and theological language about God and the role of the church in a pluralistic society.

Author Bio

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Choon-Leong Seow is Henry Snyder Gehman Professor of Old Testament Language and Literature at Princeton Theological Seminary in Princeton, New Jersey. An ordained Presbyterian elder, he specializes in the wisdom literature of the Old Testament, the history of ancient Israelite religion, Northwest Semitic philology, and the history of biblical interpretation and reception. He has been on the editorial board of the Journal of Biblical Literature and Catholic Biblical Quarterly.