{"product_id":"authorizing-marriage-canon-tradition-and-critique-in-the-blessing-of-samesex-unions-9780691123462","title":"Authorizing Marriage  Canon Tradition and","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eExplores the issue of same-sex marriage through a 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, this title addresses pertinent passages in the Hebrew Bible and the New Testament.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"Learned and absorbing essays... Some of the best historical and theological writing I have read in a long time is contained within the covers of this book. If those on the right wing in our current conflicts fail to enter into serious and thoughtful conversation with these and other recent offerings, they will be convicting themselves of irrational partisanship and intellectual obscurantism.\"--William Countryman, Church Times \"A series of provocative and surprising essays that take up the warrant for blessing same-sex unions from a variety of Judeo-Christian perspectives... Taken as a whole, the volume provides some unusual and provocative arguments from a variety of religious perspectives that supporters of same-sex marriage might take into account as they formulate their strategies for future public debates.\"--Rebecca Alpert, Sexuality Research \u0026amp; Social Policy \"This collection makes a refreshing change from the familiar ping-pong battle between liberals and conservatives about the ownership of the Judae-Christian tradition on sex and marriage... This is an impressive collection of powerful imaginative projects. It may not 'solve' any problems. But it certainly opens windows of opportunity for fresh reflection among the stereotypes.\"--George Newlands, Scottish Journal of Theology\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eLIST OF CONTRIBUTORS vii     MARK D. JORDAN  Introduction 1      SAUL M. OLYAN  \"Surpassing the Love of Women\": Another Look at 2 Samuel 1:26 and the Relationship of David and Jonathan 7      DALE B. MARTIN  Familiar Idolatry and the Christian Case against Marriage 17      MARY ANN TOLBERT  Marriage and Friendship in the Christian New Testament: Ancient Resources for Contemporary Same-Sex Unions 41      DANIEL BOYARIN  Why Is Rabbi Yohanan a Woman? or, A Queer Marriage Gone Bad: \"Platonic Love\" in the Talmud 52      LAURENCE PAUL HEMMING  Can I Really Count on You? 68      STEVEN GREENBERG  Contemplating a Jewish Ritual of Same-Sex Union: An Inquiry into the Meanings of Marriage 81      MARK D. JORDAN  Arguing Liturgical Genealogies, or, The Ghosts of Weddings Past 102      KATHRYN TANNER  Hooker and the New Puritans 121      SUSAN FRANK PARSONS  Ad Imaginem Dei: Is There a Moral Here? 139      EUGENE F. ROGERS JR.  Trinity, Marriage, and Homosexuality 151      NOTES 165  INDEX 197","brand":"Princeton University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49403738227031,"sku":"9780691123462","price":49.3,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780691123462.jpg?v=1730484404","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/authorizing-marriage-canon-tradition-and-critique-in-the-blessing-of-samesex-unions-9780691123462","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}