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William Stacy Johnson, A Time to Embrace: Same-Gender Relationships in Religion, Law, and Politics1

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  01 February 2009

John Witte Jr.*
Affiliation:
Emory University, 310 Gambrell Hall, 1301 Clifton Road, Atlanta, Georgia30322.

Extract

In this important new volume, William Stacy Johnson, a lawyer and a chaired theology professor at Princeton Theological Seminary, provides a detailed and helpful typology of seven positions on same-sex relationships at work in American churches. These range from the ‘non-affirming’ positions of (1) prohibition, (2) toleration and (3) accommodation, to the ‘affirming’ positions of (4) legitimation, (5) celebration, (6) liberation and (7) consecration.

Type
Article Review
Copyright
Copyright © Scottish Journal of Theology Ltd 2008

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References

1 Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2007, pp. 340. $25.00.