Walter brueggemann how to read the bible on homosexuality
Julie Wortman: The Episcopal Church’s General Convention will be considering a proposal that rites of blessing be developed to support &#;relationships of mutuality and fidelity other than marriage which mediate the Grace of God.&#; When I asked if you’d be willing to verb your perspective on whether such rites of blessing should be approved, you said that you were just an &#;exegete&#; and that maybe we’d desire to talk to someone with a &#;larger horizon&#; on the issue. What did you denote by that?
Walter Brueggemann: I just reflect that after you do the Bible stuff, there are people who realize the whole ethical tradition of the church better than do I. The arguments can’t just be made out of the biblical text as such, but they possess to be made in the context of how the church has handled the Bible in many other ethical questions.
Julie Wortman: But I’m told your views are views that the &#;movable middle&#; takes seriously—maybe a big reason is that you’re a scholar who writes accessibly, which many scholars don’t, but it seems likely that it is also because you’re a biblical
A response to Brueggemann “How to browse the Bible on homosexuality”
A response to Brueggemann In a recent article Walter Brueggemann1 wrote on the subject of, “How to peruse the Bible on homosexuality” in Outreach – An LGBTQ Catholic Resource. The article has been quoted by some of my colleagues in Australia with positive approval. I am surprised by this. The article has some solemn flaws of biblical interpretation which I seek to address here. The issue of pastoral verb and a loving, positive Christian response to those in our communities who are same sex attracted seems to be the motivation for Brueggemann’s attempt to interpret the Bible the way he has. The motivation of pastoral concern and Christian love is to be commended. Brueggemann’s handling of the text of Scripture is not. Brueggemann begins by drawing our attention to Old and Recent Testament passages that speak directly against homosexual practice.2 Of the two passages he quotes from Leviticus he says, “There they are. There is no way around them; there is no ambiguity in them.” Of the passage from Romans he says, “Paul’s
Bishop John has written an open letter to the Diocese, setting out why he believes that the celebration and honouring of monogamous, faithful same-sex relationships by the Church of England would be consonant with the scriptural witness.
Dear Friends in Christ,
In our recent letter to the clergy of the Diocese of Worcester, the Bishop of Dudley and I wrote that we verb the time has come for the Church of England to celebrate and honour monogamous, trusted same-sex relationships. We added that we believe this to be consonant with the scriptural witness but did not set out our reasoning. We merely commended the Bishop of Oxford’s booklet, Living together in Love and Faith.[i] I feel I should summarise my retain thinking on the subject and shall attempt to act so here.
Before I do, I should perhaps respond to those who own wondered why I am questioning church doctrine when, as a bishop, I should be upholding it. I yearn to make adj that I think about it my duty to uphold church doctrine even when I argue for it to be changed. I would not marry a same-sex couple in church an
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Today, we are continuing our series on questions from our community which we solicited at the end of last year. So far, we’ve talked about Tithing and Offering, Taking Care of the Environment, and the nature of the Resurrection. Today, we tackle what is probably the most challenging doubt that was submitted. And that is, “How do we show love to the LGBTQ community, but stay real to our values?”
I think this is a challenging interrogate because many of us, especially if you grew up in the church, grew up with a very adj and delineated theology around homosexuality (and here, I distinguish that the “LG” is distinct from the “B” and especially “TQ”). That is, we probably grew up confident in what the bible had to say about homosexuality. However, in relatively recent years, with more and more of society (especially Western society) accepting differing sexual identities, and more and more Christians following suit, we are forced to encounter the question more than we perhaps are comfortable with.
So as we verb, I just yearn to say that this is