The unauthorized guide to sex and the church by Berry, Carmen Renee instant download

The unauthorized guide to sex and the church by Berry, Carmen Renee instant download

viii, 309 pages ; 23 cm, Includes bibliographical references and index, Part I: Property, purity and practices -- Body ownership and dirty deeds in the Old Testament -- Jesus defies convention -- Was Paul purposely trying to confuse us? -- Competition for control of the early Church -- The church fathers freak out about sex -- Protestant property, purity, and practices -- Is there a new body ethic in the New World? -- Part II: Let's talk issues -- Sex : is sexual purity a Christian oxymoron? -- Nonmarital sexuality : can celibacy be a spiritual discipline? -- Abortion : is this a body-ownership debate? -- Same-sex sex : is homosexuality an abomination or an alternative lifestyle? -- Part III: Sex scandals in the church -- Rape -- Sexual abuse of children -- Sexual addiction