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Authorizing marriage? : canon, tradition, and critique in the blessing of same-sex unions / edited by Mark D. Jordan ; with Meghan T. Sweeney and David M. Mellott.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Same-sex marriage--Religious aspects--Christianity.
- Same-sex marriage.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (207 p.)
- Edition:
- Course Book
- Place of Publication:
- Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, c2006.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- 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 here explore the issue through a wide range of biblical, historical, liturgical, and theological evidence. From David's love for Jonathan through the singleness of Jesus and Paul to the all-male heaven of John's Apocalypse, the collection addresses pertinent passages in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament with scholarly precision. It reconsiders whether there are biblical precedents for blessing same-sex unions in Jewish and Christian liturgies. The book concludes by analyzing typical religious arguments against such unions and provides a comprehensive response to claims that the Judeo-Christian tradition prohibits same-sex unions from receiving religious recognition. The essays, most of which are in print here for the first time, are by Saul M. Olyan, Mary Ann Tolbert, Daniel Boyarin, Laurence Paul Hemming, Steven Greenberg, Kathryn Tanner, Susan Frank Parsons, Eugene F. Rogers, Jr., and Mark D. Jordan.
- Contents:
- Introduction / Mark D. Jordan
- "Surpassing the love of women": another look at 2 Samuel 1:26 and the relationship of David and Jonathan / Saul M. Olyan
- Familiar idolatry and the Christian case against marriage / Dale B. Martin
- Marriage and friendship in the Christian New Testament: ancient resources for contemporary same-sex unions / Mary Ann Tolbert
- Why is Rabbi Yohanan a woman? or, a queer marriage gone bad: "platonic love" in the Talmud / Daniel Boyarin
- Can I really count on you? / Laurence Paul Hemming
- Contemplating a Jewish ritual of same-sex union: an inquiry into the meanings of marriage / Steven Greenberg
- Arguing liturgical genealogies, or, the ghosts of weddings past / Mark D. Jordan
- Hooker and the new Puritans / Kathryn Tanner
- Ad imaginem Dei: is there a moral here? / Susan Frank Parsons
- Trinity, marriage, and homosexuality / Eugene F. Rogers Jr.
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references (p. [165]-195) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9786612157448
- 9781282157446
- 1282157442
- 9781400827138
- 1400827132
- OCLC:
- 436943916
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