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Rescuing Sex From the Christians

By: Clayton Sullivan

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Paperback | 1 May 2006 | Edition Number 1

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Taking the long view, the Christian religion for two thousand years maintained a disapproving attitude toward human sexuality ("sex is dirty"). As David Carr of Union Theological Seminary observes, "From the outset, Christianity has depicted sex as a dangerous, chaotic, anti-spiritual force." Such a negative attitude raises the question: Why has the church over the centuries exhibited a hostile attitude toward sex? Sullivan attempts to answer that question in Part One of this book. He contends that early Christian theologians failed to understand the mythic character of the Adam and Eve story and read into it ideas which are not there. In addition, early theology preached that "the soul and the body—which is inferior to the soul—are constantly at war with one another." Since human sexuality involves the body (which is inherently bad), early theologians concluded sex must be bad. In Part Two of Rescuing Sex form the Christians, Sullivan examines the controversial subjects of masturbation, homosexuality, adultery, and prostitution and demonstrates how the Christian idea of sexuality has vilified these practices, not always for the good

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At last a book that clearly explains where and how Christian thought about human sexuality may be wrong. Hopefully, this book can help thoughtful Christians let go of sex-related guilt, shame, blame, anxiety, and depression and find more love and joy in relationships. Dr. Patricia T. White, Ph.D. Clinical Psychologist, Birmingham, Alabama--Sanford Lakoff

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Preface	p. vii
Two Major Mistakes	p. 1
The First Mistake: Misunderstanding Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden	p. 5
Adam and Eve and the Euhemerous Fallacy	p. 5
Augustine of Hippo	p. 9
Billy Graham and the Adam and Eve Story	p. 14
Roman Catholicism and the Adam and Eve Story	p. 15
A Marinade of Sin and Shame	p. 18
The Second Mistake: The Concept of the Divided Self	p. 21
Socrates and the Divided Self	p. 22
Saint Paul and the Divided Self	p. 25
Augustine and the Divided Self	p. 27
By Way of Recapitulation	p. 30
Human Sexuality and the Harm Principle	p. 35
Masturbation and the Harm Principle	p. 43
Homosexuality and the Harm Principle	p. 59
Word Definitions and the Sodom Story	p. 59
Homosexuality: A Puzzle	p. 67
The Bible and Cultural Relativism	p. 73
An Appeal to Jerry Falwell	p. 76
An Appeal to Homosexuals	p. 78
Two Suggestions	p. 80
Fornication, Adultery, and the Harm Principle	p. 85
A Definition of Terms	p. 85
The Sinfulness of Fornication	p. 88
Adultery and the Harm Principle	p. 90
Prostitution and the Harm Principle	p. 107
Some Concluding Remarks	p. 117
Index	p. 125
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