Hate is the Sin: Putting Faces on the Debate over Human Sexuality

by Munday; John S

• ISBN13: 9780789036384
• ISBN10: 078903638X
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-06-16
• Publisher: Routledge

Summary

An even-handed exploration of the debate within the church about those Christians either accepting or objecting to the inclusion of persons in committed same sex relationships, and about how hate is a part of the issue.

Table of Contents

Prologue: A First Encounter with Hate	p. xi
Let's Not Adjourn Until After August	p. xii
Why I Write About the Human Sexuality Debate	p. xiv
The Man in the Middle	p. xv
Where Does the Hate Come From?	p. 1
It's All About Sex	p. 4
It's All About Sin	p. 6
Is It Okay to Be Different?	p. 7
A Church Ahead of Its Time	p. 9
After Don, Then Who?	p. 11
What to Do with Mary?	p. 13
In the Eyes of God and Our Friends	p. 17
God Didn't Straighten Out That Worldview	p. 19
I Think I Know This Man	p. 23
Why Should Jay Wiesner Be a Pastor?	p. 25
An Extraordinary Ordination	p. 27
Following Their Consciences	p. 29
Aftermath of Refusal	p. 33
An Inwardly Directed Norwegian Club	p. 34
We Want to Be an Accepting Church	p. 37
Journey Together Faithfully	p. 41
My Reading of the Bible	p. 42
The Task Force Issues a Report	p. 45
Dissatisfaction	p. 49
Home Church Reaction	p. 51
Who Says It Is a Sin?	p. 53
Preparation for Orlando	p. 57
An Open Microphone	p. 60
Effect of the ELCA Council	p. 63
A Solid Rock Lutheran	p. 65
My Pastor	p. 67
Pastor David Glesne's Book	p. 68
Welcome to Orlando	p. 73
Waging the Debate	p. 75
Rejecting Other Forms of Oppression?	p. 79
Vancouver	p. 83
Am I in the Wrong Room?	p. 84
A Man with a Partner	p. 86
Did Jesus Approve of Homoerotic Relationships?	p. 91
95 Theses in Silent Protest	p. 94
Speaking About the Sexuality Resolutions	p. 99
Solid Rock Achieves Its Goal?	p. 101
We're Not Going Anywhere	p. 102
Spreading the Word	p. 104
The Calm Before the Next Storm	p. 105
Will Remus	p. 105
A Pastoral Minister of Outreach	p. 107
Extraordinary Candidates	p. 109
A Council Minus the Bishop	p. 113
Another Resolution	p. 114
To Worship and Be Welcomed	p. 116
Friends on Both Sides of the Debate	p. 117
Evangelical or Not?	p. 119
What Do Other Evangelicals Say?	p. 121
Political Evangelicals	p. 123
Definition of Fundamentalist	p. 124
And Then There Are the Methodists	p. 127
Full Communion Between the ELCA and UMC	p. 129
A Symbol for Some Other Fear	p. 132
A Visit from the Bishop	p. 135
Is It Coming from the Churches?	p. 138
Who in the Church Should Speak?	p. 139
It Is Time to End the Hate	p. 142
Bibliography	p. 145
Index	p. 147
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