Hate is the Sin

by John S. Munday

• ISBN13: 9780203889350
• ISBN10: 0203889355
• Format: Nonspecific Binding
• Copyright: 2010-11-01
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis

Summary

Hate is the Sin: Putting Faces on the Debate over Human Sexuality approaches the debate over the inclusion of homosexual people within Christian congregations and sacraments through portraits of the faith of gay and lesbian persons, revealing how preformed opinions shape interpretations of biblical and theological issues.

Table of Contents

Prologue: A First Encounter with Hate Letrs"s Not Adjourn Until After August Why The Human Sexuality Debate for This Writer? Chapter 1. Where Does The Hate Come From? It is All About Sex It is All About Sin Is It Okay to be Different? Chapter 2. A Church Ahead of Its Time After Don, Then Who? What Will We Do With Mary? Chapter 3. We Are in the Eyes of God and Our Friends God Didnrs"t Straighten Out That World View I Think I Know this Man Chapter 4. Why Should Jay Wiesner Be a Pastor? An Extraordinary Ordination They Followed Their Conscience Chapter 5. When You Know Your Bishop Has Refused An Inwardly Directed Norwegian Club We Want To Be An Accepting Church Chapter 6. Journey Together Faithfully How I Read the Bible on This Journey The Task Force Issues a Report Chapter 7. There Are Some Who Are Not Satisfied Who Says It Is A Sin? Chapter 8. Getting Ready for Orlando What People Say At an Open Microphone Did the ELCA Church Council Change Things Chapter 9. A Meeting with a Solid Rock Lutheran My Own Pastor Pastor David Glesne and His Book Chapter 10. Welcome to Orlando Churchwide Assembly Debates human Sexuality Did You Reject Other Forms of Oppression? Chapter 11. When I Was in Vancouver Am I In The Wrong Room? Learning Hate from Each Other Chapter 12. Did Jesus Approve of Homoerotic Relationships 95 Theses in Silent Protest Chapter 13. Irs"m Asked to Speak on the Sexuality resolutions What Is a Fellowship of Churches? Spreading the Word As David Sees It Chapter 14. The Calm Before the Next Storm Will Remus A Pastoral Minister of Outreach The Candidates Are Extraordinary Chapter 15. A Synod Council without the Bishop Another Resolution in Minneapolis Able to Worship and Be Welcomed Friends on Both Sides of the debate Chapter 16. Evangelical or Not? What Do Other Evangelicals Say? Political Evangelicals A Definition of Fundamentalist Chapter 17. An Then There Are the Methodists Full Communion between the ELCA and UMC A Symbol for Some Other Fear Chapter 18. The Bishop Comes to Visit Is It Coming From the Churches? Who in the Church Should Speak? It Is Time to End the Hate Epilogue Index