{"product_id":"hate-is-the-sin-9780789036384","title":"Hate is the Sin","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eArguments based in doctrine and scripture over the inclusion of homosexual people within Christian congregations and sacraments have done little to persuade the faithful on either side of this debate. \u003cem\u003eHate is the Sin: Putting Faces on the Debate over Human Sexuality\u003c\/em\u003e approaches this divisive subject through portraits of the faith of gay and lesbian persons, presents both sides of the controversy, revealing how preformed opinions shape widely divergent interpretations of biblical and theological issues. \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIncluded are the true stories of Mary Albing, serving as a pastor while in a lesbian relationship; Jay Wiesner, whose congregation defied the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America by ordaining and installing him in an Extraordinary Candidacy Project ceremony; David Glesne, who sought to heal relationships with gays and lesbians and yet deny them ordination and cohabitation; and other accounts of the ways that many congregations have struggled t\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Prologue: A First Encounter with Hate \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Let’s Not Adjourn Until After August \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Why The Human Sexuality Debate for This Writer? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 1. Where Does The Hate Come From? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e It is All About Sex \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e It is All About Sin \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Is It Okay to be Different? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 2. A Church Ahead of Its Time \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e After Don, Then Who? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e What Will We Do With Mary? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 3. We Are in the Eyes of God and Our Friends \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e God Didn’t Straighten Out That World View \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e I Think I Know this Man \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 4. Why Should Jay Wiesner Be a Pastor? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e An Extraordinary Ordination \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e They Followed Their Conscience \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 5. When You Know Your Bishop Has Refused \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e An Inwardly Directed Norwegian Club \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e We Want To Be An Accepting Church \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 6. Journey Together Faithfully \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e How I Read the Bible on This Journey \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Task Force Issues a Report \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 7. There Are Some Who Are Not Satisfied \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Who Says It Is A Sin? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 8. Getting Ready for Orlando \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e What People Say At an Open Microphone \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Did the ELCA Church Council Change Things \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 9. A Meeting with a Solid Rock Lutheran \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e My Own Pastor \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Pastor David Glesne and His Book \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 10. Welcome to Orlando \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Churchwide Assembly Debates human Sexuality \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Did You Reject Other Forms of Oppression? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 11. When I Was in Vancouver \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Am I In The Wrong Room? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Learning Hate from Each Other \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 12. Did Jesus Approve of Homoerotic Relationships \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e 95 Theses in Silent Protest \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 13. I’m Asked to Speak on the Sexuality resolutions \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e What Is a Fellowship of Churches? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Spreading the Word As David Sees It \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 14. The Calm Before the Next Storm \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Will Remus \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A Pastoral Minister of Outreach \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e The Candidates Are Extraordinary \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 15. A Synod Council without the Bishop \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Another Resolution in Minneapolis \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Able to Worship and Be Welcomed \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Friends on Both Sides of the debate \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 16. Evangelical or Not? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e What Do Other Evangelicals Say? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Political Evangelicals \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A Definition of Fundamentalist \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 17. An Then There Are the Methodists \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Full Communion between the ELCA and UMC \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e A Symbol for Some Other Fear \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Chapter 18. The Bishop Comes to Visit \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Is It Coming From the Churches? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Who in the Church Should Speak? \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e It Is Time to End the Hate \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Epilogue \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e Index \u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Taylor \u0026 Francis Inc","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50577466818903,"sku":"9780789036384","price":128.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0817\/1739\/5799\/files\/9780789036384.jpg?v=1746095432","url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/hate-is-the-sin-9780789036384","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}