{"product_id":"9781783595402","title":"Marriage, Family and Relationships: Biblical, Doctrinal and Contemporary Perspectives","description":"Family life has undergone revolutionary changes in Western society in the last sixty years, posing both theological and ethical challenges for the contemporary church. This book responds with wide-ranging essays on sexuality, marriage, family life, singleness, same-sex relationships, violence against women, anthropology, gender and culture.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThese chapters are essential reading for anyone concerned with Christian teaching on marriage and the family. They balance a clear loyalty to the church’s historic and biblical teaching with a recognition that all doctrine is contextualized. There is a growing gap between the ethics of many Christians and those of wider society. So Christians have to be counter-cultural. But the church also has to be self-critical, differentiating between biblical revelation and cultural development. And it must know how to present unchanging Christian convictions to a constantly changing society.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe contributors are Andy Angel, Daniel Block, Rosalind Clarke, Barry Danylak, Andrew Goddard, Stephen Holmes, David Instone Brewer, A. T. B. McGowan, Nicholas Moore, Onesimus Ngundu, Oliver O'Donovan, Ian Paul, Andrew Sloane, Katy Smith, Elaine Storkey and Sarah Whittle.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cu\u003eContents\u003c\/u\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThomas A. Noble, Sarah K. Whittle and Philip S. Johnston\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 1: Biblical perspectives\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003e                           \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. The patricentric vision of family in the book of Deuteronomy\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaniel Block\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e2. Ordered relationships in Leviticus\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKaty Smith\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e3. ‘Who is this coming up from the wilderness?’ Identity and interpretation in the Song of Songs\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eRosalind Clarke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e4. The sexuality of God incarnate\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndy Angel\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e5. Developing a biblical theology of singleness\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eBarry Danylak\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e 6. ‘Let even those who have wives be as though they had none’: 1 Corinthians 7:29 and the challenge of the ‘apocalyptic’ Paul\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSarah K. Whittle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e7. Are we sexed in heaven? Bodily form, sex identity and the resurrection\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eIan Paul\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e8. Deferring to Dad’s discipline: family life in Hebrews 12\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eNicholas Moore\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e9. Evidence of non-heterosexual inclinations in first-century Judaism\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eDavid Instone-Brewer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart 2: Doctrinal and contemporary perspectives\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e10. Marriage in early, Christian and African perspectives\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOnesimus Ngundu\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e11. Human sexuality and Christian anthropology\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eA. T. B. McGowan\u003cb\u003e                                 \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e12. ‘One man and one woman’: the Christian doctrine of marriage\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eOliver O’Donovan\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e13. Covenant partnerships as a third calling?: A dialogue with Robert Song’s \u003ci\u003eCovenant and Calling: Towards A Theology of Same-Sex Relationships\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Goddard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e14. ‘Male and female he created them’? Theological reflections on gender, biology and identity\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eAndrew Sloane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e15. Shadows across gender relations\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eElaine Storkey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e16. On not handling snakes: late-modern cultural assumptions about sexuality\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eStephen Holmes\u003c\/i\u003e","brand":"IVP","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47301076254960,"sku":"9781783595402","price":17.49,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781783595402_p0.jpg?v=1763724898","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781783595402","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}