Authorizing marriage? : canon, tradition, and critique in the blessing of same-sex unions /

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Imprint:	Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2006.
Description:	1 online resource (viii, 199 pages)
Language:	English
Subject:	Same-sex marriage -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. Same-sex marriage -- Religious aspects -- Christianity Electronic books.
Format:	E-Resource Book
URL for this record:	http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11198161

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Other authors / contributors:	Jordan, Mark D., editor. Sweeney, Meghan T., editor. Mellott, David M., editor.
ISBN:	9781400827138 1400827132 0691123462 9780691123462 0691123462 9780691123462
Digital file characteristics:	data file
Notes:	Includes bibliographical references (pages 165-195) and index. Print version record.
Summary:	The opponents of legal recognition for same-sex marriage frequently appeal to a "Judeo-Christian" tradition. But does it make any sense to speak of that tradition as a single teaching on marriage? Are there elements in Jewish and Christian traditions that actually authorize religious and civil recognition of same-sex couples? And are contemporary heterosexual marriages well supported by those traditions? As evidenced by the ten provocative essays assembled and edited by Mark D. Jordan, the answers are not as simple as many would believe. The scholars of Judaism and Christianity gathered here e.
Other form:	Print version: Authorizing marriage?. Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©2006 0691123462 9780691123462
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Table of Contents:

List of Contributors
Introduction
"Surpassing the Love of Women": Another Look at 2 Samuel 1:26 and the Relationship of David and Jonathan
Familiar Idolatry and the Christian Case against Marriage
Marriage and Friendship in the Christian New Testament: Ancient Resources for Contemporary Same-Sex Unions
Why Is Rabbi Yohanan a Woman? or, A Queer Marriage Gone Bad: "Platonic Love" in the Talmud
Can I Really Count on You?
Contemplating a Jewish Ritual of Same-Sex Union: An Inquiry into the Meanings of Marriage
Arguing Liturgical Genealogies, or, The Ghosts of Weddings Past: Kathryn Tanner
Hooker and the New Puritans
Ad Imaginem Dei: Is There a Moral Here?
Trinity, Marriage, and Homosexuality
Notes
Index

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