Sexuality and the Sacred: Sources for Theological ReflectionJames B. Nelson, Sandra P. Longfellow This volume is rooted in two convictions: first, sexuality is far more comprehensive and more fundamental to our existence than simply genital sex, and, second, sexuality is intended by God to be neither incidental nor detrimintal to our spirituality but a fully integrated and basic dimension of that spirituality. The authors address what our sexual experience reveals about God, the ways we understand the gospel, and the ways we read scripture and tradition and attempt to live faithfully. |
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Contents
Introduction | 3 |
Beyond Sexual Essentialism | 9 |
How to Proceed | 19 |
New Testament Sexual Ethics and Todays World | 28 |
Sexual Ethics | 54 |
Sexuality and Spirituality | 69 |
Wonder Eroticism and Enigma | 80 |
The Sexuality of Jesus and the Human Vocation | 91 |
Introduction | 231 |
Sexuality and Social Policy | 242 |
Singleness Marriage and Celibacy | 256 |
Sex before Marriage | 262 |
Celibate Passion | 277 |
Sexuality and Aging | 288 |
Older Adults | 297 |
HIVAIDS | 305 |
Ethical Implications of Black | 105 |
Gender and Orientation | 113 |
Gender Relations | 120 |
Womens Experience | 131 |
The Erotic as Power | 145 |
Toward Sexual Ethics | 149 |
Toward a Feminist Theology of Friendship | 169 |
Mens Experience | 183 |
Embracing Masculinity | 195 |
Mens Studies Feminist Theology and Gay Male Sexuality | 216 |
AIDS HighRisk Behaviors and Moral Judgments | 314 |
Sexual Violenceand Pornography | 326 |
An Agenda for | 335 |
An Agenda for the Churches | 345 |
Introduction | 357 |
Homosexuality as a Test Case | 374 |
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Church at the Margins | 397 |
Acknowledgments | 403 |
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