Overview
Our culture is not only sex-crazed but also deeply confused about sex and sexual ethics. Unfortunately, Christians seem equally confused, and the church has tended to respond with simplistic answers. The reason for this confusion is that the meaning of sex has been largely lost.
Dennis Hollinger argues that there is indeed a God-given meaning to sex. This meaning, found in the Christian worldview, provides a framework for a biblical sexual ethic that adequately addresses the many contemporary moral issues. The Meaning of Sex provides a good balance between accessible theology and engaging discussion of the practical issues Christians are facing, including premarital sex, sex within marriage, homosexuality, reproductive technologies, and faithful living in a sex-obsessed world.
Dennis Hollinger argues that there is indeed a God-given meaning to sex. This meaning, found in the Christian worldview, provides a framework for a biblical sexual ethic that adequately addresses the many contemporary moral issues. The Meaning of Sex provides a good balance between accessible theology and engaging discussion of the practical issues Christians are facing, including premarital sex, sex within marriage, homosexuality, reproductive technologies, and faithful living in a sex-obsessed world.
Table of Contents
Introduction: What's at Stake in Sexual Morality?
Part 1: Frameworks
1. Ethical Theories and Sex
2. Worldviews and Sex
3. The Christian Worldview and Sex
4. The Purposes of Sex
Part 2: Issues
5. Sex before Marriage
6. Sex in Marriage
7. The Challenge of Homosexuality
8. Reproductive Technologies and Sexual Ethics
9. Living in a Sex-Crazed World
Index
Part 1: Frameworks
1. Ethical Theories and Sex
2. Worldviews and Sex
3. The Christian Worldview and Sex
4. The Purposes of Sex
Part 2: Issues
5. Sex before Marriage
6. Sex in Marriage
7. The Challenge of Homosexuality
8. Reproductive Technologies and Sexual Ethics
9. Living in a Sex-Crazed World
Index
Author
Dennis P. Hollinger
Dennis P. Hollinger (PhD, Drew University) is president emeritus and senior distinguished professor of Christian ethics at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary. He has been actively speaking, teaching, and writing on topics in ethics, including bioethics and human sexuality, for over forty years and is the author of several books, including Choosing the Good: Christian Ethics in a Complex World and The Meaning of Sex: Christian Ethics and the Moral Life. Hollinger lives in Charlotte, North Carolina.