Between the Sexes: Foundations for a Christian Ethics of Sexuality / Edition 1

by Lisa Sowle Cahill

Overview

The basis for a Christian sexual ethic, says Cahill, is a correlation of four sources: Scripture, Christian tradition (of faith, theology, and practice), philosophy, (normative accounts), and the empirical sciences (descriptive accounts).

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780800618346
Publisher:	1517 Media
Publication date:	05/01/1985
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	106
Product dimensions:	8.50(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.50(d)

About the Author

Lisa Sowle Cahill is J. Donald Monan Professor of Christian Ethics at Boston College. She is author of Between the Sexes (Fortress Press 1988), Love Your Enemies (Fortress Press 1994), and Sex, Gender, and Christian Ethics (Cambridge University Press, 1996). Cahill has held leadership posts in both the Society for Christian Ethics and the Catholic Theological Society of America.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments

Sexuality and Christian Ethics: How to Proceed

The Bible and Ethics: Hermeneutical Dilemmas

"Male and Female": Sexual Differentiation in Genesis

New Testament Perspective on Community, Set, and the Sexes

Gender Roles: The Bible and Beyond

Thomas Aquinas; Marriage, Procreation, and the Law of Nature

Martin Luther: Marriage, Procreatoin, and Sola Scriptura

The Ethics of Sexuality in Christian Perspective

Select Bibliography

Subject Index

Author index