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‘Sexuality in the Church: Toward a sociology of the Bible’

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Sexuality is an obsession of the Christian Church. It is one of the social behaviours that it has tried most to control amongst its flock and yet the Christian Church has failed to prevent the encroachment of modern attitudes towards sex and sexuality into the Church as an institution. The furore over the proposed appointment of an openly gay bishop in the Church of England is but the latest expression of this tension. However, this paper argues that this debate needs to be placed in a much broader context, namely, the hermeneutical problem of the authority of the Bible, which is itself only one part of a wider sociology of the Bible. The current debate on sexuality in the Church highlights the need for sociology to begin to apply its way of thinking to the Bible.

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  • John Brewer, 2003. "‘Sexuality in the Church: Toward a sociology of the Bible’," Sociological Research Online, , vol. 8(4), pages 8-15, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:sae:socres:v:8:y:2003:i:4:p:8-15
    DOI: 10.5153/sro.840
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