Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. Foreword ix
4. Acknowledgments xiii
5. Sexuality and Orthodoxy: An Introduction 1
6. Part I: Thinking through Tradition
7. 1 Relationality, Sexuality, and the Desire for God: Historical Resources 21
8. 2 Something New under the Sun: Sexualities, Same-Sex Relationships, and Orthodoxy 46
9. 3 Science, Homosexuality, and the Church 66
10. 4 Biblical Tradition and Same-Sex Relations: A Difficult Hermeneutical Path 79
11. Part II: Cultural and Pastoral Contexts
12. 5 Civil Marriage and Civil Union from an Ecclesial Perspective: The Case of the Orthodox Church of Greece 103
13. 6 Eastern Orthodoxy Identity and “Aggressive Liberalism”: Nontheological Aspects of the Confrontation 144
14. 7 Salvation and Same-Sex Relations: An Orthodox Response on the Decision by the Lutheran Church of Sweden 154
15. 8 Homophobia in Orthodox Contexts: Sociopolitical Variables and Theological Strategies for Change 172
16. 9 Meeting Michelle: Practical Theological Reflections on the Personhood of a Transgender Inmate 192
17. Part III: Thinking with Tradition
18. 10 A Desire for All Is the Desire for God: “Sexual Orientation” in Light of Gregory of Nyssa’s Account of Gender, Desire, and the Soul’s Ascent to God 213
19. 11 Intersex People: Not Physical Mistakes but God’s Image 235
20. 12 A Theology of Sex 247
21. 13 The Antinomic Eschatological Transfiguration of Christian Eros and Sexuality 265
22. 14 Sex, Love, and Politics: An (Un)Orthodox Theological Approach 281
23. 15 From Adam to Christ: From Male and Female to Being Human 303
24. Contributors 321
25. Index 325