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Informationen zum Autor Adrian Thatcher is currently Visiting Professor in Applied Theology at the University of Exeter, UK. He is the author of numerous books, including: The Savage Text: The Use and Abuse of the Bible (Wiley-Blackwell, 2008); Theology and Families (Wiley-Blackwell, 2007); The Guide to Christian Marriage and to Getting Married in Church (2003); Living Together and Christian Ethics (2002); and Celebrating Christian Marriage (ed., 2001). Klappentext 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. God, Sex, and Gender 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. Throughout 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. Zusammenfassung Engagingly and clearly written by a highly respected theologian! God! Sex! and Gender is the first comprehensive introduction to a theology of both sexuality and gender available in a single volume. Inhaltsverzeichnis Introduction - Or, a Welcome to My Readers ix Part I Sex, Gender, and Theology 1 1 Sex: Sexuality, the Sexes, Having Sex 3 1.1 Sexuality 3 1.2 How Many Sexes are There? 6 1.3 Having Sex 14 2 Gender: Language, Power, and History 17 2.1 Gender 17 2.2 Gender, Language, and Power 23 2.3 Gender in the Time of Jesus 28 3 Theology: Sources and Applications 33 3.1 Explaining the Sources: Scripture, Tradition, Reason 33 3.2 Applying the Sources 40 3.3 Using the Sources Well 49 Part II Being Theological about Sex 55 4 Desiring 57 4.1 Learning from Lust 57 4.2 Desiring 62 4.3 Desiring God? 66 4.4 God Desiring Us? 69 5 Framing Sex: Must the Framework be Marriage? 76 5.1 The Traditional Framework: Celibacy or Marriage? 76 5.2 The Case against Marriage 79 5.3 Alternative Frameworks: Justice and Friendship? 87 5.4 A New Case for Marriage? 89 6 Covenants and Covenant-Makers 96 6.1 Beginning with God 96 6.2 God the Father - Maker of Covenants 100 6.3 Christ - The Bridegroom, Maker of a New Covenant 106 6.4 The Eucharist - Sharing in the New Covenant 111 Part III Being Theological about Gender 115 7 God: Beyond Male and Female 117 7.1 Does God Have [a] Sex? 118 7.2 Is God the Son a Man? 123 7.3 Mary - Mother of All the Living 127 7.4 Womankind in God's Likeness? 131 8 ''In Christ there is neither Male nor Female'' 135 8.1 Sex in the Body of Christ 135 8.2 Gender in the Body of Christ 139 8.3 Masculinity in the Body of Christ 143 8.4 . . . Neither . . . Male nor Female . . .? 149 Part IV Being Theological about Same-Sex Love 155 9 The Bible and Same-Se...
