David L. Balch is Professor of New Testament at Pacific Lutheran Theological Seminary. He is the author of Roman Domestic Art and Early House Churches (2007)
This volume is an excellent colloquy of scripture scholars who are
concerned enough about the church to engage each other in a real
dialogue about a very explosive topic. The various contributors
approach the same Bible from different hermeneutical stances but do
so with respect for their colleagues in the debate. No position on
the issue comes off unscathed. There is something here to make
everybody mad, no matter their stance. But there is also plenty in
this book to inform all readers about what 'those others' really
think.
--James A. Sanders
Claremont Graduate School This sterling set of essays offers many
fresh insights, and it will certainly take its place among the very
best of the recent volumes devoted to exploring how the church
should view homosexuality. While the authors' varying approaches
and viewpoints demonstrate how intractable many of the issues
remain, the book as a whole shows how much can be gained from the
kind of informed and respectful dialogue that lies behind it--a
dialogue to which this book in turn can significantly
contribute.
--Victor Paul Furnish
Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist
University David Balch is to be congratulated for bringing together
ten essays that elucidate the pros and cons of current Christian
discussion on the questions of homosexuality. These well-reasoned
and highly competent essays by major figures on both sides of the
issue are not likely to solve the debate, let alone make it go
away, but they will challenge partisans on both sides to rethink
their positions once more. They also provide a stirring model of
how the church can disagree with itself publicly and responsibly,
passionately and respectfully.
-- Ralph W. Klein
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
This volume is an excellent colloquy of scripture scholars who are
concerned enough about the church to engage each other in a real
dialogue about a very explosive topic. The various contributors
approach the same Bible from different hermeneutical stances but do
so with respect for their colleagues in the debate. No position on
the issue comes off unscathed. There is something here to make
everybody mad, no matter their stance. But there is also plenty in
this book to inform all readers about what 'those others' really
think.
--James A. Sanders
Claremont Graduate School
This sterling set of essays offers many fresh insights, and it
will certainly take its place among the very best of the recent
volumes devoted to exploring how the church should view
homosexuality. While the authors' varying approaches and viewpoints
demonstrate how intractable many of the issues remain, the book as
a whole shows how much can be gained from the kind of informed and
respectful dialogue that lies behind it--a dialogue to which this
book in turn can significantly contribute.
--Victor Paul Furnish
Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist
University David Balch is to be congratulated for bringing together
ten essays that elucidate the pros and cons of current Christian
discussion on the questions of homosexuality. These well-reasoned
and highly competent essays by major figures on both sides of the
issue are not likely to solve the debate, let alone make it go
away, but they will challenge partisans on both sides to rethink
their positions once more. They also provide a stirring model of
how the church can disagree with itself publicly and responsibly,
passionately and respectfully.
-- Ralph W. Klein
Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago
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