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Fankhauser, Roger S. "Sexual purity for non-sexually addicted Christian men." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p067-0006.
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Arens, Johannes. "Bound to shame : sexual addiction and Christian ethics." Thesis, Durham University, 2011. http://etheses.dur.ac.uk/714/.
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This thesis is an attempt to add understanding and meaning to the concept of sexual addiction by correlating the clinical observation that sex addicts in particular, and shame-bound people in general, behave in cycles of control and release to the types of the two sons in the Lukan parable of the prodigal. This parable may be understood as shedding light on the equal dangers of patterns of control and release. Additionally, sex addiction is viewed from an Augustinian perspective of sin. It is argued that human vulnerability to shaming is a result of original sin and that sexual addiction can be understood within this framework as one possible reaction to shame damage. It is suggested that at the heart of the Christian gospel is a severe warning that to attempt to hide and deny a distorted and painful perception of oneself presents a particularly deadly spiritual condition. To view sex addicts as shame-bound people poses the question as to whether the church faithfully participates in the continuing mission of the triune God and how far its ministry helps towards the healing of shame. On the other hand, we need to explore whether the church adds to the shaming of individuals and groups, is unaware of the dynamics of shame, or even exploits those affected by this. In the context of the current discourse within the Christian church about human sexuality, and in view of recent scandals of sexual abuse, the question of ministry towards those whose sexuality is wounded is of particular concern.
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Iliff, Eric J. "Homosexuality and the Eastern Orthodox Christian tradition." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p015-0452.
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Kaufman, Russell L. "Preaching a biblical sexuality in an x-rated society." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.
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Hutto, William Joseph B. J. "Neither grand nor noble : an overview and appraisal of John Howard Yoder's sexual politics." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2019. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=240775.
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This thesis offers an evaluation of and engagement with the reimagined Christian sexual politics that John Howard Yoder began arguing for and engaging in during the 1970s, collectively referred to as his "Grand Noble Experiment." Its primary goal is to present how Yoder postured his "Grand Noble Experiment" as a theological exercise. A secondary goal is to then appraise it in regards to traditional Christian understandings of sex, marriage, and community and also in regards to Yoder's own broader theopolitical work. It is hoped that by doing these things this thesis will not only shed light on Yoder's "Grand Noble Experiment" but will also help others-theological ethicists, Yoder scholars, and Christians more broadly- adjudicate its place and power within his wider corpus as they seek to discern if, and if so how, they might faithfully continue to rely on that corpus. Chapter one will give an overview of the lived history of Yoder's "Grand Noble Experiment" with a particular focus on Yoder's relationships with women around him during the 1970s. This chapter will show how Yoder's new communal sexual theology evolved in the 1970s and early 1980s and will serve as background for the discussions that follow. Chapter two will examine Yoder's efforts in the early 1970s to encourage Mennonite churches to take the loneliness and isolation of single Christians in their midst more seriously and then to restructure their communities in order to better incorporate these single brothers and sisters into their lives together. While there is little that is overtly sexual in these works, and less that is perversely so, much of what followed grew out of this early focus on singleness. Chapter three will look at a set of essays that Yoder wrote in the mid-1970s in which he offers a reappraisal of Jesus' own sexual ethics: how Jesus related to the women around him and therefore, Yoder maintains, how he would have his male followers relate to women as well. Because one of Yoder's core theological, discipular commitments was that the life of Jesus was ethically normative for Christians, the exegetical (eisegetical?) work that Yoder exhibits in these essays will be seen to be a turning point in how he presented the Church's responsibility for the care of single Christians. For Yoder, the freedom that Christians have to relate to one another through physical affection, following the witness of their Lord, brings with it a concomitant responsibility to address the physical, sexual needs of single brothers and sisters around them. Chapter four will then take an extended look at how Yoder himself presented sexuality and its place within Christian community as exhibited in his writings from the second half of the 1970s through the early 1980s. In these essays, Yoder's "Grand Noble Experiment" comes to full flower as he encourages Christians to put off the unchristian sexual inhibitions that they had inherited and to live into the full physical freedom of the Gospel, a freedom that they can enjoy with one another-married and single alike-as brothers and sisters in Christ's Body. Finally, chapter five will briefly step away from Yoder's "Grand Noble Experiment" in order to engage another segment of Yoder's corpus: his unpublished essays on marriage and divorce, collectively titled "One Flesh Until Death." Because these essays on divorce were written over the same period of time as his essays on sexuality and because of the overlap between their subjects, one might assume that the arguments contained in these two sets of essays would be sympathetic to one another. However, it will be shown in this final chapter that the politics of Yoder's "One Flesh Until Death"-the sexual politics to be sure but also the wider communal, Christian politics that it assumes-differ significantly from those of his "Grand Noble Experiment." Therefore, it is the assertion of this thesis that "One Flesh Until Death" offers a helpful juxtaposition to the "Grand Noble Experiment" and therefore that their juxtaposition can serve as a useful heuristic for evaluating the place and power of the "Grand Noble Experiment" within Yoder's wider work.
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Rice, William E. "Equipping parents to cultivate Christian sexual values in their adolescent children." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1996. http://www.tren.com.
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Hedlund, Simon. "Revisiting and re-evaluating same-sex sexual acts in Christian ethics – four evaluations and a suggestion." Thesis, Uppsala universitet, Teologiska institutionen, 2016. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-295732.
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This paper investigates three questions; how an exegetically sound basis for a biblical ethics concerning same-sex sexual acts might be construed, what role the Bible, and other sources of ethical insight, should play in construing Christian ethics, and what a Christian ethic founded on the answers to those questions would say concerning same-sex sexual acts today. To perform these investigations, the hermeneutical issue regarding biblical texts, as well as the relation between revelatory and non-revelatory ethical sources within Christian ethics, is discussed, and the construed Christian ethics concerning same-sex sexual acts and sexuality of Lisa Sowle Cahill, Samuel W. Kunhiyop, Richard B. Hays, and Peter Coleman are evaluated before a suggestion is presented. That suggestion states that a sound exegetical basis demands a historical-critical reading that aims at understanding the language agreement between first recipients and author(s). It also claims that it is the perspective of the text that should be in focus in forming biblical ethics. Further, it is suggested that the Bible should be considered as having a unique role in Christian ethics by means of supplying a unique perspective on other sources for ethics, as well as on the insights of Scripture itself. This perspective is based on revelation, and should be formed from the central Scriptural notion of imitatio Dei/Christi. The Bible should also be recognized as a unique source of Christian ethical insight. However, an awareness of the impossibility of perfect understanding of Scripture opens the need for a dialog with other sources of ethical insight, such as experience, tradition, and secular reason, through which they are able to play a role in construing Christian ethics. Finally, the Christian ethics concerning same-sex sexual acts holds such acts to be in need of a discriminating division between good and bad; those that are performed within a loving and caring relationship and those that are not. The former are tentatively commended based on an understanding of the clearly encouraged homosocial love they might result of, as well as positive human experience, while the latter are vehemently condemned because of their damaging nature to one or both of the people involved.Uppsatsen undersöker tre frågor; hur en god exegetisk grund för en biblisk etik angående samkönade sexuella handlingar kan utformas, vilken roll Bibeln och andra källor till etisk insikt ska ha i utformandet av kristen etik, och hur en kristen etik baserad på svaren på dessa två frågor skulle se på samkönade sexuella handlingar idag. För att undersöka dessa frågor kommer hermeneutiska frågor angående bibeltexter likväl som relationen mellan uppenbarelsebaserade och icke-uppenbarelsebaserade källor till etisk insikt inom kristen etik att diskuteras. De konstruktioner av kristen etik angående samkönad sexualitet som gjorts av Lisa Sowle Cahill, Samuel W. Kunhiyop, Richard B. Hays och Peter Coleman utvärderas också innan ett eget förslag presenteras. Det förslag som sedan presenteras menar att en god exegetisk grund kräver en historisk-kritisk läsning som söker förstå den språkliga överenskommelse som fanns mellan ursprunglig(a) mottagare och författare. Förslaget menat också att det är textens perspektiv som ska vara i fokus i utformandet av en biblisk etik. Vidare föreslås det att Bibeln ska anses ha en unik roll i utformandet av kristen etik genom att den erbjuder ett unikt perspektiv på andra etiska källor och på Skriten själv. Detta perspektiv är baserat på uppenbarelse, och bör utformas utifrån den i Skriften centrala idén om imitatio Dei/Christi. Bibeln bör också erkännas som en unik källa till kristen etisk insikt. En medvetenhet om det omöjliga i att nå perfekt förståelse av Skriften öppnar dock upp för behovet av en dialog med andra källor till etisk insikt, källor såsom erfarenhet, tradition, och sekulärt förnuft, genom vilken dessa källor kan spela en roll i konstruktionen av kristen etik.Den kristna etiken angående samkönade sexuella handlingar menar slutligen att det måste göras en skarp skillnad mellan bra och dåliga handlingar av det slaget; de som utförs inom en kärleksfull relation, och de som inte utförs inom en sådan. De förstnämnda är försiktigt lovordade i egenskap av att resultera från en klart uppmuntrad homosocial kärlek, liksom till följd av positiva mänskliga erfarenheter, medan de senare är kraftfullt fördömda på grund av deras skadliga natur i relation till en av de, eller båda, inblandade
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Kohl, Barbara Marie. "Teenage sexual morality a supplemental resource on secular viewpoints, biblical teaching from an evangelical Protestant perspective, and practical implications for Christian teens /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1995. http://www.tren.com.
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Thesis (D. Min.)--Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, 1995.Abstract and vita. Includes appendix F, The Booklet: Your body God's sanctuary : Sex for Christian teens, biblical answers to your questions, 49 leaves (= v. 2, leaves [39-88]) Includes bibliographical references (v. 2, leaves 111-132).
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Holmgren, Stephen Carl. "The Christian sexual ethics of Paul Ramsey and Karol Wojtyla : a critical study of some theoretical assumptions." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.296080.
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Dewitt, Joseph A. "Moving men of Salem First Baptist Church toward sexual purity in their attitudes and beliefs." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p054-0253.
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Stanley, Michael L. "What should the evangelical church do with clergy guilty of sexual misconduct?" Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.
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Fourie, Wynand. "Seks vir die huwelik? : `n uitgediende paradigma in `n veranderende wêreld?" Thesis, Stellenbosch : Stellenbosch University, 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/17446.
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Thesis (M. Div.)--University of Stellenbosch, 2006.ENGLISH ABSTRACT: In this thesis the focus will be on the challenges that our modern society presents to the church and her understanding of sexuality. Certain “traditional” values are questioned on a continual basis. Many people argue that a new era represents new challenges and therefore new answers are needed – “traditional” values has nothing more to say in this new world. A “traditional” sex-ethic that believes sex should be kept for marriage, is one of the casualties. This thesis attempts to show that such a “traditional” sex-ethic is still relevant in this world, today. This can only be done by taking serious notice of the current state of a modern society, & by respecting the Christian tradition, as well as the Word of God. By bringing the Word of God into a critical dialogue with the modern world and the challenges that it represents, it will be possible to show that a “traditional” sex-ethic is still relevant in this modern world. The Word of God gives us no systematic theory on human sexuality. It is therefore important that we take the central theme of the bible as our point of departure. Love and justice should guide every decision people make: if we want to obey God’s central command of loving our neighbors, we need to approach others with love and justice. By keeping sex for marriage we stay true to what God expects of us.
AFRIKAANSE OPSOMMING: In hierdie studie word daar gefokus op die uitdagings wat ons moderne samelewing aan die kerk en haar verstaan van seksualiteit stel. Sekere “tradisionele” waardes word bevraagteken, dikwels in die naam van ‘n nuwe konteks. ‘n Nuwe era bied nuwe uitdagings en daarom word baie van dit wat as “tradisioneel” beskou word verwerp as iets wat vandag geen waarde meer het nie. ‘n “Tradisionele” seks-etiek wat sê dat seks slegs in die huwelik hoort, is een van hierdie slagoffers. Hierdie tesis probeer dus aantoon dat só ‘n tradisionele seks-etiek vandag, in ‘n veranderende wêreld, steeds relevant is. Dit kan slegs aangetoon word deur deeglik kennis te neem van die stand van die moderne samelewing, ‘n waardering van die Christelike tradisie, en die Woord van God. Deur die Woord van God krities in gesprek te bring met ‘n moderne samelewing en die uitdagings wat dit bied, kan daar aangetoon word dat seks steeds in die huwelik hoort – nie voor die huwelik nie, ook nie buite die huwelik nie. Die Woord van God bied aan ons geen sistematiese teorie oor die mens se seksualiteit nie. Om hierdie rede is dit belangrik dat ons die sentrale tema van die Woord as ons vertrekpunt sal neem vir ons bestudering van die mens se seksualiteit. Die basis van dit alles is liefde en geregtigheid – God se opdrag om ons naaste lief te hê kan slegs deur hierdie twee riglyne ‘n realiteit word. Deur seks slegs in die huwelik te beoefen, is ons getrou aan hierdie opdrag van God.
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Woolf, Irving A. "Participant and marital change resulting from a church-based men's purity ministry." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2006. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p090-0333.
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Behr, John. "Godly lives : asceticism and anthropology, with special reference to sexuality in the writings of St. Irenaeus of Lyons and St. Clement of Alexandria." Thesis, University of Oxford, 1995. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:cf34ec7b-4b0c-4f4c-ba86-89e438f84db5.
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This thesis aims to restore the balance of modern investigations into Christian asceticism and anthropology by reading the texts of Sts. Irenaeus and Clement within their theological perspectives, and thereby examine the presuppositions determining how we think about sexual difference. In the Introduction I examine the projects of M. Foucault and P. Brown, arguing that they do not remain faithful to the concerns of the texts which they treat. In Part One, I show how asceticism, for Irenaeus, is the expression of the human living the life of God in the body, that which is most characteristically human and the image of God. Sexuality is fundamental to human existence, forming a permanent part of the framework within which humans grow towards God. This growth results from humans acting responsively to the creative activity of God. That God is the source of the life which is lived by humans, demands an openness on their part towards God. Any attempt to avoid the reality of their created nature, for instance, through a self-imposed continence, overturns the basic structure of this relationship. In Part Two, I consider the asceticism proposed by Clement, which strives, through human effort, to achieve a godlike life, buttressing the rational mind, that which is properly human and in the image of God, by the exercise of virtues, so protecting it from disturbances, especially those arising from the body and the vulnerability of dependency. Whilst Clement has a vivid sense of the new life granted in baptism, and praises marriage, this desire for a divine life leads inexorably to the restriction of human sexuality to the function of procreation and its redundancy thereafter. After summarizing, I indicate possible lines for further investigation, and suggest that only within the Irenaean perspective can the issue of sexual difference be raised meaningfully.
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Lanoue, Curtis S. "Just Sex: Sexual Ethics for Twentyfirst Century Christians." FIU Digital Commons, 2011. http://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/etd/498.
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This thesis addressed nonmarital sex from a Christian perspective. It questioned the traditional rule of “no sex before marriage” and attempted to define a broader guideline for moral sex that is not dependent on one's marital status. It drew upon five sources for ethical reflection: Scripture, tradition, secular knowledge, experience, and moral discernment. By examining the Biblical commandments concerning sex, this thesis found that the inspiration behind many of the commandments limiting sex to marriage is androcentric and patriarchal. Because of this, the commandments should no longer be accepted with little reflection. Drawing on James Nelson's work, the importance of mutuality and proportionality in relationships was developed. Proportionality presumes that the level of sexual activity in a relationship is commensurate with the level of commitment. Mutuality combined with proportionality provide the foundation for an ethic that allows for nonmarital sex so long as these two concepts are present.
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MENDES, SERGIO GONCALVES. "LITURGY AND MORAL SEXUAL: THE ETHICAL IMPLICATIONS OF A MYSTAGOGICAL APPROACH TO THE RITE OF CHRISTIAN INITIATION OF ADULTS." PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIRO, 2015. http://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/Busca_etds.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=26723@1.
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PONTIFÍCIA UNIVERSIDADE CATÓLICA DO RIO DE JANEIROCOORDENAÇÃO DE APERFEIÇOAMENTO DO PESSOAL DE ENSINO SUPERIOR
PROGRAMA DE SUPORTE À PÓS-GRADUAÇÃO DE INSTS. DE ENSINO
A partir do Concílio Vaticano II e, particularmente, a partir do decreto Optatam Totius, foi pedida uma renovação da Teologia Moral segundo três orientações fundamentais: o resgate da tradição bíblica, o acento na História da Salvação e o vínculo com a Liturgia. Tal renovação se faz urgente e necessária face aos inúmeros desafios para se tratar teologicamente do tema da sexualidade na pós-modernidade. É por essa razão, que a mistagogia da Iniciação Cristã apresenta-se como uma maneira de, simultaneamente, atender aos apelos do Concílio Vaticano II e falar uma linguagem acessível ao ser humano pós-moderno. É, com efeito, a partir de uma aproximação mistágógica ao Ritual de Iniciação Cristã de Adultos que se descortinam uma série de implicações para a ética da sexualidade tais como a comunicabilidade, a relacionalidade, a criatividade, a fecundidade, a ludicidade, a responsabilidade, a esponsabilidade, etc. Tais implicações ampliam o horizonte de possibilidade para se tratar do tema da ética da sexualidade na pós-modernidade, ao mesmo tempo que reorientam essa disciplina teológica à centralidade do mistério pascal de Cristo.
From the Second Vatican Council and particularly from the decree Optatam Totius, a renewal of Moral Theology was requested in three basic guidelines: the rescue of the biblical tradition, the accent in the Salvation History and the link with the Liturgy. Such renewal is urgent and necessary in meeting the many challenges to talk theologically about the sexuality in post-modernity. Because of that, the mystagogy of Christian Initiation is presented as a way to simultaneously meet the Second Vatican Council appeals and speak a language accessible to postmodern human being. It is, in effect, from a mystagogical approach to the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults that several implications for the ethics of sexuality such as communicability, relationality, creativity, fertility, playfulness, responsibility, nuptiality, etc., are revealed. Such implications extend the horizon of possibility to address the ethics of sexuality theme in post-modernity, while redirect this theological discipline to the centrality of the Paschal Mystery of Christ.
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Klofft, Christopher P. "The licitness of pleasure as an end of the marital act the theological approaches of Janet E. Smith, Lisa Sowle Cahill, and Christine E. Gudorf /." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1997. http://www.tren.com.
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Crawford, Rebekah Perkins. "A Spectrum of Silence and the Single Storyteller: Stigma, Sex, and Mental Illness among the Latter-day Saints." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1532978500917072.
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Agiro, Christa Preston. "A Comparative Critical Discourse Analysis of Teacher Editions of Secondary American Literature Textbooks Adopted for Use in Christian and Public Schools." Ohio University / OhioLINK, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=ohiou1251483565.
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Shayi, Frank. "Sexual practices in South African prisons from the perspective of Christian Ethics." Thesis, 2008. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/29228.
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Sexual practices in prisons the world over are almost the same. Men incarcerated for many years in limited space with other men without the opportunity for normal heterosexual sexual outlet end up practicing homosexual sex. South African prisons are not an exception. In this dissertation I tackled a number of issues from a Christian Ethics perspective, with a slant from the Evangelical wing of Christianity as this is my background. The few issues I investigated from a South African prison system are the following. Firstly the issue of homosexuality was looked at from an Evangelical perspective. The conclusion was that the practice of homosexuality is a sin just like any other sexual deviation from the God ordained sex within marriage. Secondly empirical research was done to verify homosexual sex in prisons in South Africa. The results of this research confirmed that homosexual sex acts are a daily occurrence in our prisons. The results also showed that the aspect of indecent assault, forced or coerced homosexual sex acts now classified as “male rape,” was rife in prisons. Other factors related to this matter were that prison gangs and Correctional members’ complicity aggravated this issue of “male rape”. Thirdly we looked at the policy of “no sex in prison” as set out by the Department of Correctional Services. A number of discrepancies were uncovered. Firstly, there is unfair discrimination in the treatment of heterosexuals and homosexuals in prisons. Whereas heterosexuals are legally barred from having sex with their spouses while in prison, homosexuals are having sex in prison with their partners. Although the DOCS insists on the policy of no sex in prison, they appear to be condoning it in that they provide free condoms to inmates. In accordance with the stipulation of the Bill of Rights regarding unfair discrimination, the DOCS should treat inmates equally. To make matters worse, the South African Government has sanctioned same sex unions but failed to put in place effective control measures in correctional service centres to ensure that the policy of no sex in prison is not undermined. The DOCS should look at either allowing heterosexuals to have conjugal visits or ensure that homosexuals are not put together in the same cell, so as to adhere to this policy. Fourthly the issue punishment and rehabilitation was also investigated. This was done from a Christian ethical perspective. The Department of Correctional Services says that their objective is not to punishment but to rehabilitate. The discussion showed that putting convicted criminals in prison was a punishment on its own. It was further discussed that punishment is biblical, and that whilst punishment should be left to God, He in turn has put governments on earth as His servants to mete out punishment to those who deserve it. It was also discussed that rehabilitation does not happen automatically, that it needs a buy in by the individual concerned as seen from the examples of individuals cited in the thesis. Lastly, the causes of such sexual behaviour in prison were investigated. Corrupt officials, overcrowding and inadequate food supply, among others, are matters to be rectified in dealing with this problem. Alternatives to jail sentences for minor offences are also strongly suggested so as to alleviate the problem of overcrowding.Thesis (PhD)--University of Pretoria, 2008.
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"Breaking the silence: a post-colonial discourse on sexual desire in Christian community." 2000. http://library.cuhk.edu.hk/record=b5890294.
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Ng Chin Pang.Thesis (M.Div.)--Chinese University of Hong Kong, 2000.
Includes bibliographical references (leaves 85-91).
Abstracts in English and Chinese.
Acknowledgments --- p.i
Abstract --- p.iii
Chapter Chapter1 --- Introduction --- p.1
Chapter Chapter2 --- Theories on Sex and the Emergence of Sexual Identity --- p.4
Chapter 2.1 --- "Origins and Development on the Concept of Sex in the ""Western"" World"
Chapter 2.1.1 --- Augustine's Notion on Sexual Desire
Chapter 2.1.2 --- Protestant Theology of Sex
Chapter 2.1.3 --- "Emergence of ""Western"" Sexual Identity"
Chapter 2.2 --- The Concept of Sexual Desire in China
Chapter 2.2.1 --- The Discourse of Sexual Desire in Late Imperial China
Chapter 2.2.2 --- Transformation of Sexual Identity in Modern China: Male Homosexuality as the Verdict
Chapter Chapter3 --- Queer Theory- a Post-colonial Perspective --- p.38
Chapter 3.1 --- Postcolonial Theory as a source of Theology Discourse
Chapter 3.1.1 --- From Colonialism to Post-colonialism
Chapter 3.1.2 --- Building a Hybridized Sexual Ethics
Chapter 3.2 --- Queer Theory as a Source of Theology Discourse
Chapter 3.2.1 --- Queer Theory and Queer Politics
Chapter 3.2.2 --- Queering the Socially Constructed Sexual Identities
Chapter Chapter4 --- A Post-colonial Sexual Theology --- p.59
Chapter 4.1 --- The Modes of Discourse
Chapter 4.1.1 --- Transgressive Metaphors
Chapter 4.1.2 --- Hybrid Sexual Theologies
Chapter 4.2 --- A New Framework about Sexual Desire
Chapter 4.2.1 --- Building our Relations in Erotic Desire
Chapter 4.2.2 --- Beyond Sexuality and Spirituality Dichotomy
Chapter 4.3 --- Conclusion: Building an Inclusive Community
Bibliography --- p.85
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Zwane, Protas Linda. "The role of the Roman Catholic Church in South Africa in developing an authentic Christian sexual morality for Zulu Christians." Thesis, 2003. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/3955.
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The purpose of this study is to encourage honest dialogue between the Christian teaching on human sexuality as propounded by the Roman Catholic Church and that advocated by the Zulu traditions and customs. The perceived gap between these two worldviews results in the ineffectiveness ofthe sexual teaching of the Roman Catholic Church in South Africa and the experience of many Zulu Catholics of being tom
between their Christian belief and their Zulu cultural roots. This study shows that the dialogue between these woridviews produces a relevant, positive and holistic moral sexual teaching. In order to achieve this end the thesis jlL\.1aposes these worldviews and exposes their compatibility and incompatibility. This dialogue establishes a melting point ofthe Christian sexual teaching on human sexuality and the teaching of the Zulu traditions which produces a Zulu Christian theology of human sexuality. To achieve this end the thesis is divided into si-" chapters. The Introduction outlines
the problem and describes the approach that is followed. Chapter Two offers a brief history of the Zulu society. It also deals with the interviews conducted among the senior members of the Kwa-Mzimba village in order to learn ofZulu traditions relating to sexual matters. Chapter Three deals with interviews that were conducted among the young people of Kwa-Mzimba These young people show Zulu traditions and customs in transition in the modem world. Chapter Four outlines the development of the Catholic teaching on human sexuality from the early church to the present day. Chapter Five presents the official teaching of the Catholic Church in Southern Africa, especially in the HIV/AIDS context. Chapter SL"{ brings together the Zulu and the Catholic approaches and practices and gives a Contextualised Moral Sexual Teaching that is both positive and holistic.Thesis (Ph.D.)-University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2003.
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Hilukiluah, Indileni E. S. "Sex = u + i² : toward a just Christian sexual ethic for engaging young people in the context of concurrent sexual partnerships." Thesis, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/10413/8247.
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Concurrency studies reveal that concurrent sexual partnerships (CSPs) increase the rate of HIV transmission. Church programmes on HIV prevention for young people predominantly promote the moral-based message of sexual abstinence before marriage. These key issues motivate this study which seeks to find a Christian sexual ethic for young people aged 15-24 that is underpinned by the principle of justice to facilitate ethical discernment. The study focuses on Southern Africa with particular emphasis on Namibia and the Siyafundisa youth programme of the Anglican Diocese of Namibia. Through non-empirical research, the work of Margaret Farley on “just sex” is employed as a framework of analysis. Farley’s Christian ethic promotes justice in any love or sexual relationship, and suggests seven justice norms. These are do-no-unjust-harm, equality, mutuality, free consent, fruitfulness, commitment, and social justice. The study proposes the SAVE methodology as a holistic approach to HIV prevention that is consistent with Farley’s ethic. Further research in areas such as children’s sexuality and the use of faith communities as agents of a ‘theology of sex’ are proposed.Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, Pietermaritzburg, 2011.
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Solano, Jeanette Reedy. ""But women will be saved through childbearing" : a cross-cultural comparison of traditional and feminist Christian visions of motherhood in the United States and Brazil /." 1999. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:9943119.
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Weitsz, Gillian Hume. "The communication of Christian principles of sexuality during a family guidance programme." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10210/12924.
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Kohoutek, Lukáš. "Morální obsah a vliv křesťanských sexuálně-etických příruček." Master's thesis, 2013. http://www.nusl.cz/ntk/nusl-330270.
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The present dissertation on the topic of The Moral content and influence of Christian manuals on sexual ethics opens with the definitions of key terms and the establishment of a methodology for a sample SWOT analysis of the chosen texts. First, the current state of scientific knowledge of human sexuality is charted both within the sphere of natural sciences and the humanities. Next, the teachings of the Magisterium on sexuality in marriage are presented, evaluated and finally confronted with the findings of modern sciences. In this way, a complex view of human sexuality both "from below" and "from the top" emerges. A SWOT analysis of manuals on sexual ethics, modified for the purpose of this study, has been carried out based on these findings. The output of the analysis suggests a potential influence of the contents and forms of these texts on their readers. The study concludes with a formulation of several recommendations, which might contribute not only to the improvement of the quality of the handbooks but, more importantly, also to the improvement of the relationship of young people to the positive teachings of the Church on human sexuality.
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Jili, Bongani Vitus. "Premarital and extra-marital sexual practices amongst some modern Zulus : an ethical response from a catholic perspective." Diss., 1995. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17013.
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There is a rise in premarital and extra-marital sexual relations amongst some
modern Zulus. The causes of this rise include the perpetual childhood of women in
society and the political and socio-economic setting in South Africa. The results of
this rise include teenage pregnancies and sexually transmitted diseases.
In Zulu traditional sexual practice the publicity of love affairs curbed sexual
promiscuity. Many people were involved in the love affairs of young people. This
tradition broke down because of the political, religious and socio-economic changes
in South Africa.
The Catholic Church teaches that marriage is sacred; it is an institution of God, a
sacrament. Therefore premarital and extra-marital sexual relations taint the integrity
of marriage.
A number of things can be done to alleviate the problem of premarital and extramarital
sexual promiscuity. These include: changing the political and socio-economic
structures of our country; empowering women; inculturation; and changing the
pastoral attitude of the Church towards sexuality.M.Th. (Theological Ethics)
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Orapeleng, Galenakgosi M. "Pre-marital sex among Seventh-day Adventist youth in Botswana and possibilities for preventative action." Diss., 2002. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/672.
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This research set out to investigate factors that lead to seemingly prevalent pre-marital sex by Botswana Seventhday Adventist youth aging between 12 and 30 years. A 31- item questionnaire, divided into four sections, was used on a group of 45 youths. It was discovered that 78% of the youths studied had been involved in pre-marital sex at some point in their lives. Thirty-seven percent were still practicing it. The most vulnerable age range was 14 to 18 years, but some had started experimenting with sex as early as six years. Some of the contributing factors to the youth's involvement in sex included media, friends and lack of knowledge due to parents not giving them guidance.Prevention of pre-marital sex can be made possible by the cooperation of entities like the family, the church, the school and the individual. Hence, the suggested model called the Integrated Sexuality Education.Philosophy, Practical and Systematic Theology
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Plaatjie, Bulelwa. "The impact of HIV and AIDS on planned parenthood in the area of Mthatha." Diss., 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/3092.
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