Ethics & the Bible

Podcast: James McGrath Talks with Karen Keen About the Bible and Sexuality

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Recently, Dr. James McGrath, invited me onto his podcast, Religion Prof, to discuss my new book Scripture, Ethics, and the Possibility of Same-Sex Relationships. McGrath is Clarence L. Goodwin Chair in New Testament Language and Literature at Butler University.  In addition to hosting a podcast he also blogs regularly on a wide spectrum of topics …

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Re-Thinking Old Testament Violence: Abraham’s Example

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The problem of violence in the Old Testament is something the Church has wrestled with for hundreds of years. Most people intuit that such violence—especially against children—is wrong. Various solutions have been proposed, including allegorical interpretation. The popular medieval study Bible, Glossa ordinaria, insisted that the laudation of dashing infants’ heads against a rock in …

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