{"product_id":"a-lily-among-the-thorns-imagining-a-new-christian-sexuality-paperback","title":"A Lily Among the Thorns: Imagining a New Christian Sexuality - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMiguel A. de la Torre\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA new way for Christians to think about sexuality\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Author Miguel De La Torre, a well-respected ethicist and professor known for his innovative readings of Christian doctrine, rejects both the liberal and conservative prejudices about sex. He instead develops an ethic that is liberative yet grounded soundly in the Bible; a sexuality that celebrates God's gift of great sex by fostering intimacy, vulnerability and openness between loving partners. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIn \u003ci\u003eA Lily Among the Thorns\u003c\/i\u003e, De La Torre examines the Bible, current events, history and our culture-at-large to show how and why racism, sexism, and classism have distorted Christianity's central teachings about sexuality. The author shows how the church's traditionally negative attitudes toward sex in general--and toward women, people of color, and gays in particular--have made it difficult, if not impossible, to create a biblically based and just sexual ethic. But when the Bible is read from the viewpoint of those who have been marginalized in our society, preconceived notions about Christianity and sex get turned on their heads. Taking on hot-button topics such as pornography, homosexuality, prostitution, and celibacy, the author examines how \"reading from the margins\" provides a liberating approach to dealing with issues of sexuality.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eFront Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eA Lily Among the Thorns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNo clergyperson, seminarian, or layperson should ever again speak publicly about the Christian view of sex without first reading this book. They will need to undergo such an exercise in order to cleanse themselves of the many presuppositions and prejudices about sex that pervade our religious and secular cultures. This book is written for all liberal, conservative, evangelical, and neo-conservative Christians as a primer for adequate teaching on the subject of sex.\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003ePeter J. Paris\u003c\/b\u003e, Elmer G. Homrighausen Professor, Christian social ethics, Princeton Theological Seminary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe best guide to good sex I have seen! Miguel offers us a compassionate, liberating, thoughtful, honest, and well informed manual to the joys of loving, sexual relationships at their most ethical and transformative. He mines scripture and tradition for their life-giving possibilities, analyzes our society, and offers support for everyone seeking to negotiate the church's mixed messages, the right wing's harmful uses of religion, and popular culture's degradations of sex.\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eRita Nakashima Brock\u003c\/b\u003e, director of Faith Voices for the Common Good, and senior editor in religion at \u003ci\u003eThe New Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDe La Torre has given us all a marvelous gift; not simply justification for throwing away old oppressive models for sexuality and faith, but a new way of seeing ourselves, our sexual giftedness, and each other as we seek God's kingdom together.\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eHarry Knox\u003c\/b\u003e, director of religion and faith program, Human Rights Campaign Foundation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFinally, a theologian who takes sexuality seriously enough to offer a sense of the sacred in our most intimate being\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eMarc H. Ellis\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of Jewish studies, Baylor University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDe La Torre is . . . a progressive evangelical with a razor sharp mind who measures justice from the point of view of the oppressed. . . . \u003ci\u003eA Lily Among the Thorns\u003c\/i\u003e is destined to become a classic.\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eJohn Raines\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of religion, Temple University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eBack Jacket\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePraise for \u003ci\u003eA Lily Among the Thorns\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"No clergyperson, seminarian, or layperson should ever again speak publicly about the Christian view of sex without first reading this book. They will need to undergo such an exercise in order to cleanse themselves of the many presuppositions and prejudices about sex that pervade our religious and secular cultures. This book is written for all liberal, conservative, evangelical, and neo-conservative Christians as a primer for adequate teaching on the subject of sex.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003ePeter J. Paris\u003c\/b\u003e, Elmer G. Homrighausen Professor, Christian social ethics, Princeton Theological Seminary\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The best guide to good sex I have seen! Miguel offers us a compassionate, liberating, thoughtful, honest, and well informed manual to the joys of loving, sexual relationships at their most ethical and transformative. He mines scripture and tradition for their life-giving possibilities, analyzes our society, and offers support for everyone seeking to negotiate the church's mixed messages, the right wing's harmful uses of religion, and popular culture's degradations of sex.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eRita Nakashima Brock\u003c\/b\u003e, director of Faith Voices for the Common Good, and senior editor in religion at \u003ci\u003eThe New Press\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"De La Torre has given us all a marvelous gift; not simply justification for throwing away old oppressive models for sexuality and faith, but a new way of seeing ourselves, our sexual giftedness, and each other as we seek God's kingdom together.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eHarry Knox\u003c\/b\u003e, director of religion and faith program, Human Rights Campaign Foundation\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Finally, a theologian who takes sexuality seriously enough to offer a sense of the sacred in our most intimate being\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eMarc H. Ellis\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of Jewish studies, Baylor University\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"De La Torre is . . . a progressive evangelical with a razor sharp mind who measures justice from the point of view of the oppressed. . . . \u003ci\u003eA Lily Among the Thorns\u003c\/i\u003e is destined to become a classic.\"\u003cbr\u003e --\u003cb\u003eJohn Raines\u003c\/b\u003e, professor of religion, Temple University\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMiguel De La Torre\u003c\/b\u003e is associate professor of social ethics at Iliff School of Theology, a director to the Society of Christian Ethics, and the co-chair of the Ethics Section at the American Academy of Religion. De La Torre is a newspaper and Internet columnist and a respected expert on liberation theologies.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 226\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.48 x 9 x 6 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 23, 2007\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52741526126899,"sku":"9781118602409","price":32.92,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/M0hEWmZ2dUp0dWpZUVVibjFPZjZPQT09.webp?v=1764097158","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/a-lily-among-the-thorns-imagining-a-new-christian-sexuality-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}