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HDS 2708

Homosexuality and American Churches

Mark D. Jordan

Description

In the last six decades, teaching on homosexuality has changed dramatically in American churches. Whether they condemn homosexuality, tolerate it, or endorse it as equivalent to heterosexuality, churches now talk about it differently than they did -- in their explicitness and emphasis, but most importantly in their preferred scriptural interpretations, their ethical reasoning, their appropriation of scientific or medical evidence, and their pastoral proposals. Using a wide variety of texts from inside and outside the churches, this course will attempt to reconstruct part of the archive of speeches in order to assess the significance for Christian ethics of these ongoing controversies.

Enrollment Limited: Limited to 15 (instructor's permission required)
Open to BTI Students: Yes

Scheduling

Half Course
Expected to be offered: Spring 2011
Course times to be announced.
Location to be announced.

Relationship to Program Requirements

Program Requirement	Area / Category / Art / Designation
MTS Area(s) of Focus	Religion, Ethics, and Politics Women, Gender, Sexuality, and Religion
MDiv Distribution Category/ies	Christianity
MDiv Art(s) of Ministry	Pastoral Care and Counseling
ThM, pre-2007 MTS, and pre-2005 MDiv Area	Area 2
Language Course Designation(s)	n/a