Includes bibliographical references

Contents:

I. Moral Theology and Homosexuality --

II. Scripture and Homosexuality --

the use of Scripture --

the need for a definition of homosexuality --

the Sodom and Gomorrah story in Genesis --

problems and translation --

the interpretation of Romans 1:26 --

the Old Testament context --

the creation account in Genesis III. Tradition and Homosexuality --

the appeal to tradition --

the homosexual interpretation of the Sodom story --

the development of legal tradition --

the anomalies of tradition --

IV. Tradition and human nature: --

the influence of Stoicism --

Stoicism and the church fathers --

Aquinas and Stoicism --

homosexual activity and procreation --

human nature and homosexuality --

human freedom and human sexuality --

V. The Human Sciences and Homosexuality --

the use of scientific data --

promiscuity and homosexuality --

psychiatry and homosexuality --

the controversy among psychiatrists VI. Toward a Positive Approach of Moral Theology --

the teleological perspective --

the positive contribution of the homosexual community --

homosexuality and the relation of the sexes --

homosexuality and violence --

homosexuality and human service --

the role of the lesbian --

the homosexual and the church --

VII. Pastoral Ministry to the Homosexual Community --

the failure of pastoral ministry --

personal ministry to the individual --

the church and the reform of civil law --

the goal of heterosexual adjustment --

the case for and the case against sexual abstinence --

ministry to the homosexual community --

moral norms and the homosexual --

the positive role of the Christian homosexual community --

the accusation of sexism --

VIII. Conclusion: Justice, The Church, and the Homosexual.