The Church and the homosexual / John J. McNeil.
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TextPublication details: Kansas City : Sheed Andrews and McMeel, Inc, c1976.Description: 211 p.; 21 cmISBN: - 0836206835
- HQ 76.25 .M33
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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.
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