{"product_id":"god-sex-and-gender-isbn-9781405193696","title":"God, Sex, and Gender","description":"Engagingly and clearly written by a highly respected theologian, \u003ci\u003eGod, Sex, and Gender\u003c\/i\u003e is the first comprehensive introduction to a theology of both sexuality and gender available in a single volume.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e   \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eMakes a theological contribution to understanding the unprecedented changes in sexual and gender relationships of the last fifty years\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses many topics including: sexual difference; sexual equality; gender and power; the nature of desire; the future of marriage in Christian sexual ethics; homosexuality and same-sex unions; the problems of sexual minorities; contraception in a time of HIV\/AIDS; the separation of sexual experience from marriage; and offers new arguments for marriage and for chastity\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a consistent and engaging introduction at the cutting edge of theological inquiry, which is contemporary, undogmatic, questioning, and relevant to readers' experience, interests, and needs\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eWritten lucidly and engagingly by an established and respected academic who has published widely in this area\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction – Or, a Welcome to My Readers ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I Sex, Gender, and Theology 1\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 Sex: Sexuality, the Sexes, Having Sex 3\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.1 Sexuality 3\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.2 How Many Sexes are There? 6\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1.3 Having Sex 14\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 Gender: Language, Power, and History 17\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.1 Gender 17\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.2 Gender, Language, and Power 23\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2.3 Gender in the Time of Jesus 28\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Theology: Sources and Applications 33\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.1 Explaining the Sources: Scripture, Tradition, Reason 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.2 Applying the Sources 40\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3.3 Using the Sources Well 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II Being Theological about Sex 55\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Desiring 57\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.1 Learning from Lust 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.2 Desiring 62\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.3 Desiring God? 66\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4.4 God Desiring Us? 69\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Framing Sex: Must the Framework be Marriage? 76\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.1 The Traditional Framework: Celibacy or Marriage? 76\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.2 The Case against Marriage 79\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.3 Alternative Frameworks: Justice and Friendship? 87\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5.4 A New Case for Marriage? 89\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 Covenants and Covenant-Makers 96\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.1 Beginning with God 96\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.2 God the Father – Maker of Covenants 100\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.3 Christ – The Bridegroom, Maker of a New Covenant 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6.4 The Eucharist – Sharing in the New Covenant 111\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III Being Theological about Gender 115\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e7 God: Beyond Male and Female 117\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.1 Does God Have [a] Sex? 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.2 Is God the Son a Man? 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.3 Mary – Mother of All the Living 127\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7.4 Womankind in God’s Likeness? 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e8 ‘‘In Christ there is neither Male nor Female’’ 135\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.1 Sex in the Body of Christ 135\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.2 Gender in the Body of Christ 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.3 Masculinity in the Body of Christ 143\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8.4 . . . Neither . . . Male nor Female . . .? 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV Being Theological about Same-Sex Love 155\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e9 The Bible and Same-Sex Love 157\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.1 What the Churches Teach 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.2 Same-Sex Relations in the Hebrew Bible 159\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.3 Same-Sex Relations in the New Testament 163\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.4 What Else Does the Bible ‘‘Say’’ about Same-Sex Relations? 168\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9.5 Finding What We Want to Find? Evaluating Official Teaching 171\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e10 Tradition, Reason, and Same-Sex Love 175\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.1 Tradition and Same-Sex Love 175\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.2 Reason, Natural Law, and Same-Sex Love 180\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.3 Complementarity and Same-Sex Love 185\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10.4 Experience and Same-Sex Love 188\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V Learning to Love 191\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e11 Virginity, Celibacy, Chastity 193\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.1 Valuing Virginity? 193\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.2 Virginity ‘‘for the Sake of the Kingdom’’ 196\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.3 In Praise of Restraint 200\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11.4 Commending Chastity 203\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e12 ‘‘Condilemmas’’: Sex and Contraception in the Time of HIV\/AIDS 211\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.1 Contraception, Still a Theological Issue 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.2 Lambeth against Rome 214\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.3 Contraception and Natural Law 217\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.4 Sex and Love: An ‘‘Unbreakable Connection’’? 221\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.5 Moral Deficit Arguments 224\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12.6 Condoms in the Time of HIV\/AIDS 226\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e13 Marriage and the ‘‘States of Life’’ 234\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.1 Betrothal in the Bible 234\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.2 Betrothal and Tradition 237\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13.3 Spousals, Nuptials, and States of Life 244\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e14 Inclusive Theology and Sexual Minorities 249\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.1 Sex 249\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14.2 Gender 256\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Authors 259\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Biblical References 263\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex of Subjects 267\u003c\/p\u003e  \u003cp\u003e“Many of the critiques of God, Sex, and Genderoffered in this review emerge from Thatcher’s own lines of interrogation. In this and other ways, the book succeeds in drawing readers into what is truly an exhilarating mode of reflection. As such, it offers a major contribution towards theological depth and creativity in this important set of discourses, renewing the often reflexive ethics of sex and gender through witness to the Word become flesh.”  (\u003ci\u003eStudies in Christian Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e, 16 April 2014)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Written as a text for post-secondary courses, this book aims to provide “a comprehensive and consistent theological understanding of sexuality and gender, which is broad, contemporary, undogmatic, questioning, inclusive, and relevant to readers’ interests, needs, and experience” (xi).”  (\u003ci\u003eStudies in Religion\u003c\/i\u003e, 1 September 2013)\u003c\/p\u003e \"Adrian Thatcher's new book will be a rich resource for those studying and teaching sex, gender and sexuality in theological perspective ... The volume is a valuable one, which I hope will prompt readers to go and explore Thatcher's own extensive work form the past, as well as the broader context of theological scholarship on sexuality, gender and marriage within which it sits.\" (Theology, 1 January 2012)\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \"Although designed as an introduction for theology students, this is a really remarkable book covering a whole range of sensitive subjects in a deeply humane fashion.\" (Network Review, 1 June 2011)  \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eAdrian Thatcher\u003c\/b\u003e is currently Visiting Professor in Applied Theology at the University of Exeter, UK. He is the author of numerous books, including: \u003ci\u003eThe Savage Text: The Use and Abuse of the Bible\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008); \u003ci\u003eTheology and Families\u003c\/i\u003e (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007); \u003ci\u003eThe Guide to Christian Marriage and to Getting Married in Church\u003c\/i\u003e (2003); \u003ci\u003eLiving Together and Christian Ethics\u003c\/i\u003e (2002); and \u003ci\u003eCelebrating Christian Marriage\u003c\/i\u003e (ed., 2001).  The last 50 years have seen unprecedented changes in sexual and gender relationships. These include the easy availability of contraception, the separation of sexual experience from marriage and marriage from parenthood, more broken marriages, and legal provision for same-sex unions. Relationships between men and women have changed from a model of male dominance, towards a new model of male\/female equality, and on to a new recognition of sexual and gender difference. These transformations have resulted in great benefits but they have also generated great uncertainties and unfulfilled expectations. They have sparked painful and on-going controversies in all the churches. \u003ci\u003eGod, Sex, and Gender\u003c\/i\u003e is a clear and engaging introduction to these issues. It offers a consistent theological understanding which is contemporary, undogmatic, questioning, and relevant to readers' experience, interests and needs.  \u003cp\u003eThroughout the book, Thatcher connects theological ideas, with broader, secular thought. It fills a gap in the literature by linking together the diverse themes of sexuality, gender and Christian thought in one coherent volume. Its comprehensive and even-handed discussion of these issues will ensure it becomes a vital text in the field.\u003c\/p\u003e  \"Adrian Thatcher brings an unparalleled knowledge and understanding to the writing of this book. He knows what readers - both beginners and seasoned – want and need in an introductory text. The author is not only sensible and comprehensive, but also critical and challenging, as well as discerning and wise, and above all accessible. His book provides a truly excellent introduction to the profound and often troubling questions raised by the gender and intimacies of our bodies in relationship to one another and to God.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eGerard Loughlin\u003c\/b\u003e, Durham University  \u003cp\u003e\"Two things shine through this book: Adrian Thatcher's scholarship and his humanity. This book will help readers understand how and why centuries of Christian teaching on sex and gender developed as it did, and offers a wealth of resources for meeting the challenges of today.\"\u003cbr\u003e —\u003cb\u003eElaine Graham\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Chester\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47989301936357,"sku":"NP9781405193696","price":91.5,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781405193696.jpg?v=1761783583","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/god-sex-and-gender-isbn-9781405193696","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}