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Online-Ressource (207 p)
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9780691123462
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The opponents of legal recognition for same-sex marriage frequently appeal to a "Judeo-Christian" tradition. But does it make any sense to speak of that tradition as a single teaching on marriage? Are there elements in Jewish and Christian traditions that actually authorize religious and civil recognition of same-sex couples? And are contemporary heterosexual marriages well supported by those traditions? As evidenced by the ten provocative essays assembled and edited by Mark D. Jordan, the answers are not as simple as many would believe. The scholars of Judaism and Christianity gathered her
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CONTENTS; LIST OF CONTRIBUTORS; Introduction; "Surpassing the Love of Women": Another Look at 2 Samuel 1:26 and the Relationship of David and Jonathan; Familiar Idolatry and the Christian Case against Marriage; Marriage and Friendship in the Christian New Testament: Ancient Resources for Contemporary Same-Sex Unions; Why Is Rabbi Yohanan a Woman? or, A Queer Marriage Gone Bad: "Platonic Love" in the Talmud; Can I Really Count on You?; Contemplating a Jewish Ritual of Same-Sex Union: An Inquiry into the Meanings of Marriage; Arguing Liturgical Genealogies, or, The Ghosts of Weddings Past
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Hooker and the New PuritansAd Imaginem Dei: Is There a Moral Here?; Trinity, Marriage, and Homosexuality; NOTES; INDEX;
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ISBN 9781400827138
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ISBN 9780691123462
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Erscheint auch als Druck-Ausgabe Authorizing Marriage? : Canon, Tradition, and Critique in the Blessing of Same-Sex Unions
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Englisch
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