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J. Harold Ellens · 2006
Ellens' reframing of biblical sexuality material; psychology/religion/spirituality series; useful for distinguishing scriptural text from later patristic accretion.
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What this book knows
The Bible celebrates sexuality as human flourishing; twenty centuries of shame-laden moralism are the church's invention, not scripture's.
religion-and-sex
The Bible takes sexuality as a matter of fact, as a source of human enjoyment and fulfillment, and as a staple reality of what it means to be human.
SBNC-RC-012It is amazing that the ancient Hebrews thought that pain and evil was caused by seduction: sexual and psychological — a contest between God and the serpent for a virgin's allegiance.
ELLE-SIB-RC-066Biblical proscriptions of homosexual acts concerned ritual practices common in pagan worship — prohibited because they were considered idolatrous, not intrinsically wrong.
ELLE-SIB-RC-007shame
Overmoralizing sexual behavior offered an enormous tool for control — keeping everybody full of fear, guilt, and shame.
SBNC-RC-022desire
The Bible enjoins us to savor the most exotic experiences of love, then calls us to endure in commitment and cherishing — love long and full of grace.
ELLE-SIB-RC-046Romantic love began on the plains of Africa four million years ago — cascades of neurochemicals producing goofy grins as men and women gazed into each other's eyes.
ELLE-SIB-RC-0406 published passages · book excerpt · research analysis
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