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A church at war : Anglicans and homosexuality / Stephen Bates. [print]

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : I.B. Tauris, (c)2004.Description: viii, 248 pages ; 25 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9781850434801
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • BR115.B329.C487 2004
  • BR115
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Contents:
The Word made flesh -- In the beginning was the Word -- Queer as folk -- Old as the hills -- The day before yesterday -- The dignity of difference -- Doing the Lambeth Walk -- Then came Rowan -- Doctor John -- Gene genie -- Paved with good intentions -- Who bears the cost?
Subject: This book assesses the current and historical context of the fight over homosexuality. The author discusses the Higton debate in the 1980s; Clause 28; the 1998 Lambeth Conference; Issues in Human Sexuality; the abortive appointment of Jeffrey John; the blessing of gay partenerships in Canada; and the election and consecration of Canon Gene Robinson in New Hampshire. There are interviews with leading figures on both sides of the divide--liberal and evangelical--in which they justify their positions on homosexuality, indicating just how bitter and divisive the dispute has become. "It offers compelling insights into a power struggle between factions seemingly united only by their mutual antipathy, and conducted, paradoxically, in the name of true communion." --Book jacket.
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The sorrow and the pity -- The Word made flesh -- In the beginning was the Word -- Queer as folk -- Old as the hills -- The day before yesterday -- The dignity of difference -- Doing the Lambeth Walk -- Then came Rowan -- Doctor John -- Gene genie -- Paved with good intentions -- Who bears the cost?

This book assesses the current and historical context of the fight over homosexuality. The author discusses the Higton debate in the 1980s; Clause 28; the 1998 Lambeth Conference; Issues in Human Sexuality; the abortive appointment of Jeffrey John; the blessing of gay partenerships in Canada; and the election and consecration of Canon Gene Robinson in New Hampshire. There are interviews with leading figures on both sides of the divide--liberal and evangelical--in which they justify their positions on homosexuality, indicating just how bitter and divisive the dispute has become. "It offers compelling insights into a power struggle between factions seemingly united only by their mutual antipathy, and conducted, paradoxically, in the name of true communion." --Book jacket.

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