When the UK government legislated for same - sex marriage last year, some unresolved issues remained around civil partnerships: would they disappear, or be retained as an alternative to marriage for same - sex couples? What would be the status…
Monthly Archives: April 2014
“Embodied Ministry” Theological Educators Conference
Rev Jane Fraser has described her journey as a female Anglican priest, in an article in CSCS News (Winter 2013), titled “Reflections on a ‘ministry in sex employment“. She explains that this rather odd description of her work arose when…
The Biblical Case for Gay Marriage
In Denver today, judges of the USA Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments for and against the ban on same - sex marriage in Utah. Next week, they will hear arguments for a similar case in Oklahoma.…
The Sexual Revolution Reaches the Catholic Church
When Pope Francis released his papal document “Evangellii Gaudium (The Joy of the Gospel)” in November 2013, it was enthusiastically received for its sound, humane and profoundly Christian take on so many issues facing the modern world. One notable feature…
“God and the Gay Christian” (Matthew Vines)
For over half a century, since the pioneering work of Canon Sherwen Derrek Bailey, bible scholars have been reassessing what was one a commonly accepted view that the bible strongly and obviously condemned homosexuality. By the twenty first century, what…
Can you help to make “A Better Life” for LGBT Christiants?
Twitter message receieved, from Matt Lynn@MattLynn : @queering_church May I ask 3 mins to share my struggle for LGBT equality? I’d sincerely appreciate it: kck.st/1krQ2B3 When gay Christians come out, to family or in church, experiences vary greatly. I’ve been lucky: my own…
A Handy Guide to (Medieval) Sexual Sin
The simplest response to the regular claim that Catholic teaching is “constant and unchanging”, is this useful flowchart, based on the medieval penitentials, and originally published in Brundage’s book, Law, Sex, and Christian Society in Medieval Europe . We are all familiar…
