McCarty Under the Bed of Heaven

Christian Eschatology and Sexual Ethics
1. Auflage 2021
ISBN: 978-1-4384-8627-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 248 Seiten, Format (B × H): 152 mm x 229 mm

Explores how concepts of sex in heaven can inform Christian sexual ethics in ways that challenge traditional norms and open new possibilities.

Autoren/Hrsg.

McCarty, Richard W.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Sonstige Religionen Sexualität & Gender in den Religionen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments

Introduction: Hiding under the Bed of Heaven

1. Building the Bridge between Christian Ethics and Eschatology

2. Sex in Heaven

3. Christianity's Sexless Heaven

4. New Visions for Sex in Heaven

5. Sexual Metaphors for the Eschatological Life

6. An Eschatological Sexual Ethic, Part 1: The Gifts and Fragilities of Monogamy

7. An Eschatological Ethic, Part 2: The Christian Possibilities of Promiscuity and Celibacy

Notes
Selected Bibliography
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Richard W. McCarty is Professor of Religious Studies at Mercyhurst University. He is the author of Sexual Virtue: An Approach to Contemporary Christian Ethics, also published by SUNY Press.