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Tag Archives: Bible
Being winsome
What do Christians mean when they use the word ‘winsome’? And is it as sweet and innocent as the word may suggest? Continue reading
Men as the Brides of Christ?
Queer theology and how men have read the Song of Songs, courtesy of Stephen Moore Continue reading
Love that dares to speak: a study course
There has been some discussion on social media about a new 5-session course, Love that dares to speak, written by Hilary Brand ‘exploring Christian reactions to homosexuality’. I’ve co-led many small group courses – various Emmaus ones and a Pilgrim one – in … Continue reading
Pandora: the Greek Eve?
(John William Waterhouse, Pandora, 1896) I think this is the first time I’ve posted the same piece on two of my blogs, but the topic seems relevant to both, so here we go; this, like many of the pieces on … Continue reading
Posted in Church of England and gender
Tagged Adam, Bible, Creation, Eve, marriage, mythology, Pandora, women
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The Episcopal Teaching Document
Talking about sexuality in the Church of England… the next stage after Shared Conversations Continue reading
So, what was the point of all that?
Last week the House of Bishops published GS2055 Marriage and Same Sex Relationships after the Shared Conversations. I immediately read it through twice, once to see what they were proposing to change – answer, nothing – and again to see … Continue reading
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Tagged Bible, bishops, Book of Common Prayer, canon law, Diocesan Synod, General Synod, marriage, prayer, preaching, St Paul, tradition, women priests
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One sex, two sexes, and Christians
The wonderful Twitter just drew my attention to this article I’d missed on the OUP blog when it was published in July: ‘The influence of premodern theories about sex and gender’ by Adrian Thatcher. Thatcher asks great questions about why … Continue reading
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Tagged Adrian Thatcher, Bible, binaries, Hesiod, Hippocrates, intersex, one-sex body, Pandora, Thomas Laqueur, transgender, women priests
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Pausanias and Agathon: a ‘same sex relationship’?
Thinking Anglicans notes that the Evangelical Group of the General Synod, EGGS, has issued this briefing document to its members and friends ahead of General Synod’s shared conversations, scheduled to start on 10 July. The document proposes that “The ideas/opinions/statements expressed (in bold) are amongst those … Continue reading
Posted in Church of England and gender, Shared Conversations
Tagged ancient Greeks, Aristophanes, beard, Bible, EGGS, evangelical, history, kiss, love, Plato, soul, Symposium, Thinking Anglicans
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Come and have breakfast
In the debates over the place of same-sex people in the church, I’m a chicken. Continue reading
Luggage and baggage
What to pack for the Shared Conversations? Continue reading
Posted in Shared Conversations
Tagged ancient Greek, Bible, General Synod, God, identity, retreat, Rev, Shared Conversations
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