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Sex as a blessing
The Christian case against same-sex partnerships is well and truly murdered by the new 81- page Report by the Wijngaards Institute for Catholic Research. Twenty academics examine the case against same-sex partnerships and find it wanting. For those who don’t … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Churches, Ethics, Marriage & sexuality, Theology
Tagged Bible, casuistry, Catholic moral teaching, clobber texts, Genesis, homosexuality, Leviticus, Same-sex partnerships, Sex, Wijngaards Institute
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Sex and the Church’s past
If you are following the Church of England’s agonisings over same-sex partnerships and the Living in Love and Faith project, you’ll be interested in Giles Goddard’s post on Via Media. Drawing on Charles Taylor’s A Secular Age, he says that … Continue reading
Posted in Churches, Ethics, Gender, Marriage & sexuality, Theology
Tagged contraception, early Church, equality, Giles Goddard, homosexuality, Living in Love and Faith, Sex, sexual renunciation
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Responding to sexual abuse
The recent revelations of sexual abuse horrify us, particularly when the victims were children. It is one thing to feel horrified, another to respond in a constructive way. Much of the public response has sounded to me like Guardian readers … Continue reading
Posted in Ethics, Marriage & sexuality, Society
Tagged libido, power, Sex, sexual abuse, Sexual ethics, shame
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