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Mere Sexuality: Rediscovering the Christian Vision of Sexuality de Todd A. Wilson

Mere Sexuality: Rediscovering the Christian Vision of Sexuality

Autor Todd A. Wilson
en Limba Engleză Paperback – 3 oct 2017

Prin Mere Sexuality, remarcăm o tentativă riguroasă de a ancora dezbaterea contemporană despre identitate în intersecția dintre teologia sistematică, antropologia biblică și istoria bisericii. Todd A. Wilson nu se limitează la o simplă expunere confesională, ci investighează modul în care viziunea creștină istorică — susținută deopotrivă de tradițiile ortodoxe, catolice și protestante — oferă un cadru coerent pentru înțelegerea condiției umane. Autorul pornește de la premisa că sexualitatea nu este doar o chestiune de moralitate, ci una de ontologie, fiind intrinsec legată de Imago Dei.

Structura cărții reflectă o progresie logică: de la fundamentul hristologic (sexualitatea lui Isus și învierea trupului), la distincția complementară dintre masculin și feminin, culminând cu dimensiunea sacramentală a uniunii „într-un singur trup”. Această abordare extinde cadrul propus de Beauty, Order, and Mystery – A Christian Vision of Human Sexuality cu date noi din perspectiva pastorului-teolog, punând accent pe recuperarea tradiției în fața fragmentării secularismului actual. Spre deosebire de Christianity de Stephen Hunt, care oferă o panoramă a perspectivelor divergente, Wilson pledează pentru un nucleu comun de convingeri scripturale.

În contextul operei sale, dacă în Real Christian autorul analiza semnele unei transformări spirituale autentice, în volumul de față aplică aceleași standarde de integritate vieții private. Reținem că autorul nu evită temele dificile precum celibatul sau ispita, dar le tratează printr-un filtru teologic care prioritizează „biologia în fața ideologiei”. Rezultatul este un text echilibrat, care oferă claritate într-o epocă a confuziei, fără a abandona rigoarea academică specifică unui doctor în teologie de la Cambridge.

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Specificații

ISBN-13: 9780310535355
ISBN-10: 0310535352
Pagini: 192
Dimensiuni: 128 x 180 x 21 mm
Greutate: 0.14 kg
Editura: ZONDERVAN
Colecția Zondervan
Locul publicării:Grand Rapids, United States

De ce să citești această carte

Recomandăm această carte cititorilor care caută o înțelegere profundă, dincolo de lozinci, a antropologiei creștine. Mere Sexuality îi oferă cititorului instrumentele necesare pentru a naviga dialogul cultural actual cu argumente bazate pe tradiția istorică a bisericii. Este un câștig intelectual pentru oricine dorește să înțeleagă de ce viziunea creștină asupra trupului și căsătoriei rămâne relevantă și coerentă în secolul XXI.

Despre autor

Todd A. Wilson deține un doctorat la Universitatea din Cambridge și servește ca pastor senior la Calvary Memorial Church în Oak Park, Illinois. Este recunoscut la nivel internațional în calitate de cofondator și președinte al Center for Pastor-Theologians, o organizație ce promovează cercetarea teologică în serviciul bisericii locale. Activitatea sa academică și pastorală se concentrează pe reconcilierea erudiției biblice cu practica creștină cotidiană, fiind un susținător al reînnoirii bisericii prin recuperarea bogăției tradiției istorice creștine.

Recenzii

In Mere Sexuality, Todd Wilson takes on the challenge of articulating Christian norms regarding sex and gender. He does so in a clear, accessible way. Followers of Christ will be indebted to Wilson for helping us identify and articulate those norms in a dramatically changing culture in which such norms are all but lost.
Mere Sexuality is a faithful, readable navigation through questions of sexuality, pointing toward the gospel and our truest identity as sons and daughters in Christ. In our sexually confused times, this book has clarity and conviction.
The human sexual union is of utmost importance in the Judeo-Christian tradition. It is the first act God gave humanity to get busy with. Unfortunately, the Christian church has lost its way on the topic, inf luenced by the world just as much as, if not more than, by the teaching of God’s Word. Todd Wilson aims to put this right, and Mere Sexuality is a major contribution to this essential effort. It is faithfully biblical, helpfully practical, and immensely thoughtful. Every serious Christian should read and benefit from Wilson’s wisdom here.
This is not just another book about sex; it is a tract for the times. Relevant, timely, and theologically rich, it connects sexuality with Christology and offers practical pastoral wisdom on a topic that God cares about a lot. Strongly recommended!
Todd Wilson has given us a thoughtful, sensitive, and, above all, deeply Christian book about sexual morality and marriage. It brings into the foreground the power and beauty of the biblical understanding of marriage as a truly conjugal bond---a joining of hearts and minds, yes, but one founded upon the biological union made possible by the sexual-reproductive complementarity of male and female. Pastor Wilson shows us that the Christian “no” to sexual sins is rooted in the profound Christian “yes” to the goodness of truly conjugal union.
Todd Wilson offers an orthodox, holistic, and compassionate treatment of this most powerful, perplexing, and delightful gift from God. Mere Sexuality is exceptional, not only in offering a compelling argument for God’s ideal for human sexuality, but also in addressing with pastoral understanding and care the ways we fall short.
We need this book! In our highly sexualized culture, we need careful ref lection, both theologically and with the practical challenges in view. Todd Wilson gives us just that---and with a wise and gracious spirit. This is a must-read for scholars, pastors, and others who want solid guidance on the issues.
Years ago, in the midst of a world war, an incredibly timely and now timeless book came out called Mere Christianity. Today, I have the honor of recommending to you Mere Sexuality. This is a crucial book for you to read now amidst our exploding culture wars. Todd Wilson writes in a way that pushes back hatred and anger. He lays out a case for biblical sexuality that is simply unmatched in its clarity and insight for those seeking truth and wisdom in this area. Don’t hide from this topic and think it will go away. Dig into this short, powerful book, and be encouraged that you can hold firm to your faith and still walk with and love others well.
Yeats probably did not have sexuality in mind when he penned his famous poetic line “things fall apart; the center cannot hold,” but he may as well have, for sexual anarchy has indeed been loosed upon the world. Todd Wilson brings Christian clarity and charity to the confusion, reminding the church of what it has known for nearly two thousand years but recently forgotten: mere sexuality, the historic consensus that God created human beings male and female as part of a larger design plan for union and communion, and that human flourishing depends on our respecting, not disrespecting, this created order, an order that is enabling, not disabling. The book provides rich resources for pastors and others seeking wisdom on this issue, but the chapter on Jesus’ sexuality especially stood out as “merely” breathtaking.

Descriere

What do Christians believe about human sexuality?
In Mere Sexuality, author and pastor Todd Wilson presents the historic Christian consensus about human sexuality, the Great Tradition of the church for centuries as taught in each of its major expressions - Orthodox, Catholic, and Protestant. Wilson highlights the stunning shift of opinion on issues of sexuality in the evangelical church and why this break with the historic church is problematic for the future of Christianity. Along the way he provides ordinary believers with an introduction to the historic Christian vision of sexuality, yet does so in conversation with some of the twenty-first century's leading challenges to this vision.
In a culture that is deeply confused about human sexuality, Wilson believes it is time for evangelicals to retrieve the historic Christian tradition and biblical teaching on the question of sexuality. Mere Sexuality seeks to guide readers back to the beauty and coherence of this vision of sexuality in the face of an aggressive and all-consuming pagan and secular worldview.
 

Cuprins

Chapter 1 Why Mere Sexuality?*Introduction*How can a God Boy think gay is okay?*A loss of vision*What is mere sexuality?*More than solo Scriptura*Four core scriptural convictions*Different types of listeners*My prayer for this bookChapter 2 The Sexuality of Jesus*Introduction*Mere sexuality vs. mere morality*The missing person in sexuality debates*God chose a Y chromosome*Born of the virgin Mary*The resurrection enshrines mere sexuality for all eternity*Celibacy and sexual fulfillment*Jesus suffered when tempted*Resurrection brings sexual resolutionChapter 3 Male, Female and the Imago Dei*Introduction*‘Male and female he created them’*Male or female: fidelity to your sexuality*Male and female: complementarity in our sexuality*You aren’t who you desireChapter 4 “One Flesh”*Introduction*‘They shall become one flesh’: Marriage as comprehensive union*Exclusivity: leaving all other attachments*Permanence: holding fast to his wife*Not bigotry but biology: a gentle appeal to assertive advocates*Marriage exists for missionChapter 5 What is Sex for?*Introduction*The blessing of sex*When sex is severed from it unitive and procreative purpose*‘Course sex isn’t safe. But it’s good’*Sex is a public act*What does this mean for you?*A blessing from the LordChapter 6 Friendship, Celibacy and Same-Sex Relationships*Introduction*The difficulty with God’s No for gay Christians: celibacy and loneliness*Restoring friendship to its rightful place*A weak friendship culture makes celibacy much harder*Singles aren’t single in the body of Christ*A community where water is thicker than blood, and blood thickest of all*A place for loveChapter 7 Bent Sexuality (by Joel Willitts)Chapter 8 Homeward Bound*Introduction*Mere sexuality calls us to wait patiently*The possibility of healing, the promise of redemption*Homeward bound*Patient toward all that is unsolved in your heart