Orthodox Tradition and Human Sexuality (EPUB) von Thomas Arentzen

Foreword | ix
Metropolitan Ambrosius, Helsinki

Acknowledgments | xiii

Sexuality and Orthodoxy: An Introduction | 1
Thomas Arentzen and Ashley M. Purpura

PART I: THINKING THROUGH TRADITION
1 Relationality, Sexuality, and the Desire for God: Historical Resources | 23
Susan Ashbrook Harvey
2 Something New under the Sun: Sexualities, Same-Sex Relationships, and Orthodoxy | 46
Bryce E. Rich
3 Science, Homosexuality, and the Church | 66
Gayle Woloschak
4 Biblical Tradition and Same-Sex Relations: A Difficult Hermeneutical Path | 79
Ekaterini Tsalampouni

PART II: CULTURAL AND PASTORAL CONTEXTS
5 Civil Marriage and Civil Union from an Ecclesial Perspective: The Case of the Orthodox Church of Greece | 105
Pantelis Kalaitzidis
6 Eastern Orthodoxy Identity and “Aggressive Liberalism”: Nontheological Aspects of the Confrontation | 144
Dmitry Uzlaner
7 Salvation and Same-Sex Relations:
An Orthodox Response on the Decision by the Lutheran Church of Sweden | 154
Michael Hjälm
8 Homophobia in Orthodox Contexts: Sociopolitical Variables and Theological Strategies for Change | 172
Andrii Krawchuk
9 Meeting Michelle: Practical Theological Reflections on the Personhood of a Transgender Inmate | 192
Richard René

PART III: THINKING WITH TRADITION
10 A Desire for All Is the Desire for God:
“Sexual Orientation” in Light of Gregory of Nyssa’s Account of Gender, Desire, and the Soul’s Ascent to God | 215
Spyridoula Athanasopoulou-Kypriou
11 Intersex People: Not Physical Mistakes but God’s Image | 235
Kateřina Kočandrle Bauer
12 A Theology of Sex | 247
Aristotle Papanikolaou
13 The Antinomic Eschatological Transfiguration of Christian Eros and Sexuality | 265
Haralambos Ventis
14 Sex, Love, and Politics: An (Un)Orthodox Theological Approach | 281
Davor Džalto
15 From Adam to Christ: From Male and Female to Being Human | 303
John Behr

List of Contributors | 321

Index | 325