Defusing the Sexuality Debate

The Anglican Evangelical Culture War

Mark Vasey-Saunders

• Publisher: SCM Press
• Year: 2023
• Print ISBN: 9780334063544
• eBook ISBN: 9780334063568
• Topic: Théologie et religion
• Subtopic: Théologie chrétienne

As debates around sexuality rumble on within certain sections of the church, and become increasingly entrenched and embittered, there is an increasing need from non-evangelicals and evangelicals alike to grasp the historical and cultural context in which current debates about sexuality are happening. Offering a detailed examination of the development, consolidation and fracturing of an evangelical anglican consensus on the sexuality, Defusing the Sexuality Debateseeks to explain why current disagreements are so intractible and offer some suggestions as to how all sides could facilitate a more constructive conversation. Building on an exploration of the development of tradition and biblical scholarship in evangelical anglicanism during the twentieth century, the book makes the case that conflicts over sexuality are symbolic of deeper disagreements over the place of christianity in the modern world.

Table of contents

• Copyright information
• Contents
• Introduction
• 1. Evangelicals talking about sexuality: The creation of the consensus position
• 2. Evangelicals talking about scripture
• 3. Evangelicals talking to evangelicals
• 4. Evangelicals talking about modernity: The question behind the question
• 5. Advice to a divided church
• Appendix: A timeline for evangelicalism and sexuality in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries
• Further reading