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The Ethics of Sex
Combining scientific understanding and Christian insight, this is a comprehensive and magisterial discussion of the theology of sexual ethics, ranging from sexual relationships and gender equality to birth control and artificial insemination.
ISBN-13: 9780227676561 |
Eros and Agape
Christian marriage
Divorce and remarriage
Birth control and abortion
Homosexuality
Artificial insemination
These are some of the issues that Thielicke confronts in this wide-ranging study of human sexuality. His approach is scholarly and thorough, and the questions are considered within the broad context of Christian anthropology.
His combination of scientific knowledge and Christian insight makes this an important contribution to some of the most hotly debated issues of today. All those who are honestly searching for new insights that are consistent with modern knowledge as well as with Biblical values will welcome it as a beacon of light on the subject.
"On every page there is evidence of his theological grasp and his alert human perception."
Church of England Newspaper
"There is an impressive balance in his judgements, and sexual questions are discussed with academic detachment, yet also with a warmth of human understanding."
Methodist Recorder
"Dr Thielicke's study is a valuable contribution to the necessary revaluation of the presuppositions underlying the Christian theology of sex."
Theology
"It is to be welcomed for its comprehensiveness, and for its combination of theological insight and empirical thoroughness and sensitivity."
Expository Times
"This book can be urgently recommended to all engaged in pastoral ministry and theological teaching."
The Reformed and Presbyterian World
"The book is a rare combination: insight, pastoral wisdom, and knowledge of the work of experts in the fields with which it deals ... This is, in fact, the best Christian treatment of this theme which has appeared in a long time."
The Guardian
Helmut Thielicke is one of the most outstanding preachers and theologians of the German Lutheran Church. Dismissed by the Nazi regime from his post of Professor of Theology at Heidelberg in 1940, he came to prominence in Stuttgart where, during the worst of the bombing raids and in spite of continuing Nazi opposition, he continued to preach to a congregation of several thousand each week. After the war he served as professor and Rector at the University of Tubingen until 1954, when he accepted the post of Rector at the University of Hamburg, the first Protestant theologian to hold this position. He died in 1986.
Other titles available by Helmut Thielicke:
Between Heaven and Earth (Hardback Edition)
Between Heaven and Earth (Paperback Edition)
Christ and the Meaning of Life
Encounter with Spurgeon
How the World Began: Sermons on the Creation Story
Life Can Begin Again
Man in God's World
Notes From a Wayfarer
The Prayer that Spans the World
The Waiting Father: Sermons on the Parables of Jesus
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