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HDS 2710

Christian Sexual Ethics

Mark D. Jordan

Description

What accounts for the prominence of sexual issues in contemporary Christian debates? Is this something new in church history? Is it peculiar to Christian thinking or does it arise from other cultural forces? Is it helpful for Christian ethics to talk so much about sex? This course will take up these questions, together with their assumptions and consequences, in two steps. It will first consider some earlier constructions of sexual topics in Christian theology. It will then study some of the rapid changes in Christian teaching about procreation and pleasure, marriage and parenting, wholeness and virginity, in the last hundred years.

Enrollment Limited: Limited to 15 (instructor's permission required)
Open to BTI Students: Yes
Jointly offered through the Faculty of Arts and Sciences as Religion 1473

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Scheduling

Half Course
Spring 2010
W., 1-3
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