The Sexuality of Jesus
Title | The Sexuality of Jesus PDF eBook |
Author | William E. Phipps |
Publisher | Resource Publications (OR) |
Pages | 250 |
Release | 2010 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9781608995806 |
In 1970 William Phipps rocked Christianity with his controversial Was Jesus Married? The Distortion of Sexuality in the Christian Tradition, ushering in a generation of critical study of this sacrosanct subject. The Sexuality of Jesus is the harvest of his research. Carefully analyzing such subjects as celibacy, sexuality, and gender in first-century Palestine, Phipps suggests how Jesus's life and teaching undermined traditional attitudes toward women and the human body-and how the Jesus of the Gospels can inform discussions of gender and sexuality today. How does the Christian tradition of sexual renunciation reflect-or distort-biblical and Christian understandings of the body? Does Jesus represent the full flowering of sexuality, or its rejection? How did women, particularly Mary Magdalene, view Jesus? Addressing these and other questions, Phipps seeks to release the pivotal personality of Jesus from the dehumanizing treatments found in much of the Christian tradition. Unabashedly dealing with the most contentious of topics, The Sexuality of Jesus is a fresh and provocative analysis of sexuality and religious faith. Book jacket.
The Sexuality of Christ in Renaissance Art and in Modern Oblivion
Title | The Sexuality of Christ in Renaissance Art and in Modern Oblivion PDF eBook |
Author | Leo Steinberg |
Publisher | University of Chicago Press |
Pages | 426 |
Release | 2014-12-10 |
Genre | Art |
ISBN | 022622631X |
Originally published in 1983, Leo Steinberg's classic work has changed the viewing habits of a generation. After centuries of repression and censorship, the sexual component in thousands of revered icons of Christ is restored to visibility. Steinberg's evidence resides in the imagery of the overtly sexed Christ, in Infancy and again after death. Steinberg argues that the artists regarded the deliberate exposure of Christ's genitalia as an affirmation of kinship with the human condition. Christ's lifelong virginity, understood as potency under check, and the first offer of blood in the circumcision, both required acknowledgment of the genital organ. More than exercises in realism, these unabashed images underscore the crucial theological import of the Incarnation. This revised and greatly expanded edition not only adduces new visual evidence, but deepens the theological argument and engages the controversy aroused by the book's first publication.
Holy Sexuality and the Gospel
Title | Holy Sexuality and the Gospel PDF eBook |
Author | Christopher Yuan |
Publisher | Multnomah |
Pages | 258 |
Release | 2018-11-20 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 073529092X |
From the author of Out of a Far Country, which details his dramatic conversion from an agnostic gay man who put his identity in his sexuality to a Bible professor who now puts his identity in Christ alone, comes a gospel-centered discussion of sex, desire, and relationships. Dr. Christopher Yuan explores the concept of holy sexuality--chastity in singleness or faithfulness in marriage--in a practical and relevant manner, equipping readers with an accessible yet robust theology of sexuality. Whether you want to share Christ with a loved one who identifies as gay or you're wrestling with questions of identity yourself, this book will help you better understand sexuality in light of God's grand story and realize that holy sexuality is actually good news for all.
Was Jesus Married?
Title | Was Jesus Married? PDF eBook |
Author | William E. Phipps |
Publisher | |
Pages | 264 |
Release | 1986 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN |
God and the Gay Christian
Title | God and the Gay Christian PDF eBook |
Author | Matthew Vines |
Publisher | Convergent |
Pages | 226 |
Release | 2014 |
Genre | Christian gays |
ISBN | 1601425163 |
Reinterpretations of key Bible texts related to sexual orientation, written by a Harvard student, present an accessible case for a modern Christian conservative acceptance of sexual diversity.
Sex and the Supremacy of Christ
Title | Sex and the Supremacy of Christ PDF eBook |
Author | John Piper |
Publisher | Crossway |
Pages | 290 |
Release | 2005-06-14 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1433517906 |
The Bible has a way of shocking us. If Americans could still blush, we might blush at the words, "Rejoice in the wife of your youth, a lovely deer, a graceful doe. Let her breasts fill you at all times with delight; be intoxicated always in her love" (Proverbs 5:18-19). But, of course, sin always tries to trash God's gifts. So we can't just celebrate sex for what God made it to be; we have to fight what sin turned it into. The contributors to this unique volume encourage you to do both: celebrate and struggle. This book has something for all-men and women, married and single-from contributors like John Piper, C. J. and Carolyn Mahaney, Mark Dever, Al Mohler, Carolyn McCulley, and others.
Sex and the Single Savior
Title | Sex and the Single Savior PDF eBook |
Author | Dale B. Martin |
Publisher | Presbyterian Publishing Corp |
Pages | 282 |
Release | 2006-01-01 |
Genre | Religion |
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 words, especially those used as evidence of Paul's opposition to homosexuality. For example, after a remarkably faithful reading of the scriptural texts, Martin concludes that our contemporary obsession with marriage--and the whole search for the "right" sexual relationships--is antithetical to the message of the gospel. In all of these essays, however, Martin argues for engaging Scripture in a way that goes beyond the standard historical-critical questions and the assumptions of textual agency in order to find a faith that has no foundations other than Jesus Christ.