9780334051886-0334051886-Covenant and Calling: Towards a Theology of Same-Sex Relationships

Covenant and Calling: Towards a Theology of Same-Sex Relationships

ISBN-13: 9780334051886
ISBN-10: 0334051886
Author: Robert Song
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: SCM Press
Format: Paperback 128 pages
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ISBN-13: 9780334051886
ISBN-10: 0334051886
Author: Robert Song
Publication date: 2014
Publisher: SCM Press
Format: Paperback 128 pages

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Covenant and Calling: Towards a Theology of Same-Sex Relationships (ISBN-13: 9780334051886 and ISBN-10: 0334051886), written by authors Robert Song, was published by SCM Press in 2014. With an overall rating of 3.5 stars, it's a notable title among other Christian Living (Gender & Sexuality, Religious Studies, Christian Books & Bibles) books. You can easily purchase or rent Covenant and Calling: Towards a Theology of Same-Sex Relationships (Paperback) from BooksRun, along with many other new and used Christian Living books and textbooks. And, if you're looking to sell your copy, our current buyback offer is $1.86.

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No other issue in recent times has proved as potentially divisive for the churches as that of same-sex relationships. At the same time as many countries have been moving towards legal recognition of civil partnerships or same-sex marriage, Christian responses have tended towards either finding alliances with proponents of conservative social mores, or providing what amounts to theological endorsement of secular liberal values.

Against both trends, Robert Song's book advances a theological account of marriage and sexuality which appeals to the central biblical theme of the fulfilment of creation in Christ, but is also open to the possibility of same-sex relationships. Rejecting treatments of the Bible which concentrate on a small number of well-rehearsed texts on same-sex relationships to the exclusion of the Bible's overarching narrative, this book provides a fresh interpretation of the Christian tradition and defends a vision of the church which embraces a plurality of callings, to marriage, celibacy, and covenant partnership.

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