Just Love: A Framework for Christian Sexual Ethics
10 best books like Just Love: A Framework for Christian Sexual Ethics (Margaret Farley): Sexual Revolution in Early America, Beyond God the Father: Toward a Philosophy of Women's Liberation, A Theology of Liberation, Sexism and God Talk: Toward a Feminist Theology, Called To Question: A Spiritual Memoir, The Body and Society: Men, Women and Sexual Renunciation in Early Christianity, Why Did Jesus, Moses, the Buddha, and Mohammed Cross the Road?: Christian Identity in a Multi-Faith World, Whose Community? Which Interpretation?: Philosophical Hermeneutics for the Church, Jesus, the Bible, and Homosexuality: Explode the Myths, Heal the Church, God, Sexuality, and the Self: An Essay 'on the Trinity'
Sexual Revolution in Early America
| Author | Richard Godbeer |
| ISBN | 0801878918 |
In 1695, John Miller, a clergyman traveling through New York, found it appalling that so many couples lived together without ever being married and that no one viewed "ante-nuptial fornication" as anything scandalous or sinful. Charles Woodmason, an Anglican minister in South Carolina in 1766,...
| Author | Mary Daly |
| ISBN | 0807015032 |
Daly was popular at seminary, but I didn't get around to reading her until years later. I was visiting an old high school friend in Springfield, Vermont, had finished the book I'd brought along for the trip and asked his wife for recommendations from their substantial library. She suggested Daly.
If...
| Author | Gustavo Gutiérrez |
| ISBN | 0883445425 |
This is the credo and seminal text of the movement which was later characterized as liberation theology. The book burst upon the scene in the early seventies, and was swiftly acknowledged as a pioneering and prophetic approach to theology which famously made an option for the poor, placing the exploited,...
| Author | Rosemary Radford Ruether |
How did a religion whose founding proponents advocated a shocking disregard of earthly ties come to extol the virtues of the "traditional" family? In this richly textured history of the relationship between Christianity and the family Rosemary Radford Ruether traces the development of these centerpieces...
| Author | Joan D. Chittister |
| ISBN | 1580511430 |
Called to Question is Sr. Joan Chittister's most personal and intense writing to date. Centered around a series of conversations with spiritual writers featured in her private journal, Sr. Joan looks at the common questions or dimensions of life as we know them in our daily lives-not answers as we've...
| Author | Peter R.L. Brown |
| ISBN | 0231061013 |
I read this book a few years ago and just realized that I never reviewed it. Brown is everything one could desire from a scholar of Mediterranean culture in the several centuries after Christ. He founded the field of Late Antique studies as such, and this book is one of the key contributions he made earlier...
| Author | Brian D. McLaren |
| ISBN | 1455513962 |
When four religious leaders walk across the road, it's not the beginning of a joke. It's the start of one of the most important conversations in today's world.
Can you be a committed Christian without having to condemn or convert people of other faiths? Is it possible to affirm other religious...
| Author | Merold Westphal |
| ISBN | 0801031478 |
In this volume, renowned philosopher Merold Westphal introduces current philosophical thinking related to interpreting the Bible. Recognizing that no theology is completely free of philosophical "contamination," he engages and mines contemporary hermeneutical theory in service of the church....
| Author | Jack Bartlett Rogers |
| ISBN | 0664229395 |
In a powerful new book, evangelical theologian and former Moderator of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Jack Rogers argues unequivocally for equal rights in the church and in society for people who are lesbian, gay, bisexual, or transgender. Throughout history, he observes, Christianity has moved...
| Author | Sarah Coakley |
| ISBN | 0521552281 |
God, Sexuality and the Self is a new venture in systematic theology. Sarah Coakley invites the reader to re-conceive the relation of sexual desire and the desire for God and - through the lens of prayer practice - to chart the intrinsic connection of this relation to a theology of the Trinity. The goal...
| Author | Jennifer Wright Knust |
| ISBN | 0061725587 |
“An explosive, fascinating book that reveals how the Bible cannot be used as a rulebook when it comes to sex. A terrific read by a top scholar.” —Bart Ehrman, author of Misquoting Jesus
Boston University’s cutting-edge religion scholar Jennifer Wright Knust reveals the Bible’s...
| Author | Serene Jones |
| ISBN | 0664234100 |
This substantive collection of essays by Serene Jones explores recent works in the field of trauma studies. Central to its overall theme is an investigation of the myriad ways both individual and collective violence affect one's capacity to remember, to act, and to love; how violence can challenge...
| Author | Patrick S. Cheng |
| ISBN | 1596271329 |
Contextual theologies have developed from a number of perspectives including feminist theology, Black theology, womanist theology, Latin American liberation theology, and Asian American theology and a wide variety of academic and general introductions exist to examine each one.
However,...
| Author | John W. O'Malley |
| ISBN | 0674031695 |
During four years in session, Vatican Council II held television audiences rapt with its elegant, magnificently choreographed public ceremonies, while its debates generated front-page news on a near-weekly basis. By virtually any assessment, it was the most important religious event of the twentieth...
| Author | Janet R. Jakobsen |
| ISBN | 0807041335 |
In this powerful and timely book, Janet R. Jakobsen and Ann Pellegrini make a solid case for loving the sinner and the sin. Rejecting both religious conservatives' arguments for sexual regulation and liberal views that advocate tolerance, the authors argue for and realistically envision true sexual...
| Author | Mary Gordon |
| ISBN | 0375424571 |
In the introduction to this remarkable book, Mary Gordon is riding in a taxi as the driver listens to a religious broadcast, and she reflects that, though a lifelong Christian, she is at odds with many others who identify themselves as Christians. In an effort to understand whether or not she had “invented...
Sex and the Single Savior: Gender and Sexuality in Biblical Interpretation
| Author | Dale B. Martin |
| ISBN | 0664230466 |
Probing into numerous questions about gender and sexuality, Dale Martin delves into the biblical texts anew and unearths surprising findings. Avoiding preconceptions about ancient sexuality, he explores the ethics of desire and marriage and pays careful attention to the original meanings of...
Living in Sin?: A Bishop Rethinks Human Sexuality
| Author | John Shelby Spong |
| ISBN | 0060675071 |
Is celibacy the only moral alternative to marriage? Should the widowed be allowed to form intimate relationships without remarrying? Should the church receive homosexuals into its community and support committed gay and lesbian relationships? Should congregations publicly and liturgically...
White Women's Christ and Black Women's Jesus: Feminist Christology and Womanist Response
| Author | Jacquelyn Grant |
| ISBN | 1555403034 |
Christology is especially problematic for feminists. Because Jesus was undeniably male and because the Christian church claims him as the unique God-bearer, feminist christology confronts the dual tasks of explaining the significance of a male God-bearer for women and creating a christological...
The Left Hand of God: Taking Back Our Country from the Religious Right
| Author | Michael Lerner |
| ISBN | 0060842474 |
I was really, really inspired by this book. It was a deeply affirming read. I basically share Rabbi Lerner's vision of a politics of meaning based on love and hope. In the second half of the book Lerner details various policy proposals for a spiritual progressive movement.
This is the sort of...
Quest for the Living God: Mapping Frontiers in the Theology of God
| Author | Elizabeth A. Johnson |
| ISBN | 0826417701 |
'Since the middle of the twentieth century,' writes Elizabeth Johnson, 'there has been a renaissance of new insights into God in the Christian tradition. On different continents, under pressure from historical events and social conditions, people of faith have glimpsed the living God in fresh ways....
Sexuality and the Black Church: A Womanist Perspective
| Author | Kelly Brown Douglas |
| ISBN | 1570752427 |
Part One determines why sexuality has become a "taboo" issue for the Black church and community. Douglas examines the function of sexuality in White culture and the denigration and exploitation of Black sexuality through a discussion of White cultural myths, stereotypes, laws and customs concerning...
Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi
| Author | Amy-Jill Levine |
| ISBN | 0061561010 |
The renowned biblical scholar, author of The Misunderstood Jew, and general editor for The Jewish Annotated New Testament interweaves history and spiritual analysis to explore Jesus’ most popular teaching parables, exposing their misinterpretations and making them lively and relevant for...
