1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910795987303321

Autore

Thatcher Adrian

Titolo

God, Sex, and Gender : An Introduction

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Hoboken : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2011

©2011

ISBN

9781444396362

9781405193696

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (285 pages)

Disciplina

233/.5

Soggetti

Sex role -- Religious aspects -- Christianity

Sex -- Religious aspects -- Christianity

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

God, Sex, and Gender: An Introduction -- Contents -- Introduction - Or, a Welcome to My Readers -- Part I: Sex, Gender, and Theology -- 1 Sex: Sexuality, the Sexes, Having Sex -- 1.1 Sexuality -- 1.2 How Many Sexes are There? -- 1.3 Having Sex -- 2 Gender: Language, Power, and History -- 2.1 Gender -- 2.2 Gender, Language, and Power -- 2.3 Gender in the Time of Jesus -- 3 Theology: Sources and Applications -- 3.1 Explaining the Sources: Scripture, Tradition, Reason -- 3.2 Applying the Sources -- 3.3 Using the Sources Well -- Part II: Being Theological about Sex -- 4 Desiring -- 4.1 Learning from Lust -- 4.2 Desiring -- 4.3 Desiring God? -- 4.4 God Desiring Us? -- 5 Framing Sex: Must the Framework be Marriage? -- 5.1 The Traditional Framework: Celibacy or Marriage? -- 5.2 The Case against Marriage -- 5.3 Alternative Frameworks: Justice and Friendship? -- 5.4 A New Case for Marriage? -- 6 Covenants and Covenant-Makers -- 6.1 Beginning with God -- 6.2 God the Father - Maker of Covenants -- 6.3 Christ - The Bridegroom, Maker of a New Covenant -- 6.4 The Eucharist - Sharing in the New Covenant -- Part III: Being Theological about Gender -- 7 God: Beyond Male and Female -- 7.1 Does God Have [a] Sex? -- 7.2 Is God the Son a Man? -- 7.3 Mary - Mother of All the Living -- 7.4 Womankind in God's Likeness? -- 8 "In Christ there is neither Male nor



Female" -- 8.1 Sex in the Body of Christ -- 8.2 Gender in the Body of Christ -- 8.3 Masculinity in the Body of Christ -- 8.4 . . . Neither . . . Male nor Female . . .? -- Part IV: Being Theological about Same-Sex Love -- 9 The Bible and Same-Sex Love -- 9.1 What the Churches Teach -- 9.2 Same-Sex Relations in the Hebrew Bible -- 9.3 Same-Sex Relations in the New Testament -- 9.4 What Else Does the Bible "Say" about Same-Sex Relations? -- 9.5 Finding What We Want to Find? Evaluating Official Teaching.

10 Tradition, Reason, and Same-Sex Love -- 10.1 Tradition and Same-Sex Love -- 10.2 Reason, Natural Law, and Same-Sex Love -- 10.3 Complementarity and Same-Sex Love -- 10.4 Experience and Same-Sex Love -- Part V: Learning to Love -- 11 Virginity, Celibacy, Chastity -- 11.1 Valuing Virginity? -- 11.2 Virginity "for the Sake of the Kingdom" -- 11.3 In Praise of Restraint -- 11.4 Commending Chastity -- 12 "Condilemmas": Sex and Contraception in the Time of HIV/AIDS -- 12.1 Contraception, Still a Theological Issue -- 12.2 Lambeth against Rome -- 12.3 Contraception and Natural Law -- 12.4 Sex and Love: An "Unbreakable Connection"? -- 12.5 Moral Deficit Arguments -- 12.6 Condoms in the Time of HIV/AIDS -- 13 Marriage and the "States of Life" -- 13.1 Betrothal in the Bible -- 13.2 Betrothal and Tradition -- 13.3 Spousals, Nuptials, and States of Life -- 14 Inclusive Theology and Sexual Minorities -- 14.1 Sex -- 14.2 Gender -- Index of Authors -- Index of Biblical References -- Index of Subjects.

Sommario/riassunto

Engagingly and clearly written by a highly respected theologian, God, Sex, and Gender is the first comprehensive introduction to a theology of both sexuality and gender available in a single volume.   Makes a theological contribution to understanding the unprecedented changes in sexual and gender relationships of the last fifty years Discusses many topics including: sexual difference; sexual equality; gender and power; the nature of desire; the future of marriage in Christian sexual ethics; homosexuality and same-sex unions; the problems of sexual minorities; contraception in a time of HIV/AIDS; the separation of sexual experience from marriage; and offers new arguments for marriage and for chastity Offers a consistent and engaging introduction at the cutting edge of theological inquiry, which is contemporary, undogmatic, questioning, and relevant to readers' experience, interests, and needs Written lucidly and engagingly by an established and respected academic who has published widely in this area.



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Record Nr.

UNINA9910992783303321

Titolo

Selected Proceedings from the 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Manufacturing and Robotics, ICIMR 2024, 22-23 August, Suzhou, China : Advances in Intelligent Manufacturing and Robotics / / edited by Wei Chen, Anwar PP Abdul Majeed, Andrew Huey Ping Tan, Fan Zhang, Yuyao Yan, Yang Luo, Long Huang, Chenguang Liu, Yuyi Zhu

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Singapore : , : Springer Nature Singapore : , : Imprint : Springer, , 2025

ISBN

981-9639-49-2

Edizione

[1st ed. 2025.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (XV, 849 p. 431 illus., 378 illus. in color.)

Collana

Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, , 2367-3389 ; ; 1316

Disciplina

629.8

Soggetti

Automatic control

Robotics

Automation

Artificial intelligence

Production engineering

Signal processing

Nanotechnology

Computational intelligence

Control, Robotics, Automation

Artificial Intelligence

Process Engineering

Signal, Speech and Image Processing

Nanoscale Design, Synthesis and Processing

Computational Intelligence

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di contenuto

Experimental Investigation on Rheological Characteristics of Aerated Fine Powders -- Reinforcement Learning Algorithm for two-leg robot with DDPG and TD3 -- Research on abrasive-workpiece interaction mechanism in 2.5D needle-punched-Cf/C-SiC composites scratching tests -- A bio-Inspired Metaheuristics Algorithm for Reduction of



Coverage Holes in Optimizing the Performance of Next Generation Wireless Network (NGWN) -- Advancing In-Situ Bioprinting through Ant Colony Optimisation: Resolving Dead Zone Challenges in Path Planning -- Autonomous Real-Time Human-Robot Emotional Interaction through Facial Recognition -- Machine Learning for Predictive Risk Analytics in Industry 4.0: A Comprehensive Random Forest Evaluation -- Enhancing Deepfake Detection: A Weighted Summation Model of CNN Approach with Local and Global Analysis -- Virtual Streamer Features: Unveiling the Influence on Online Purchase Intentions in the TikTok Era -- Green Threads and Digital Dreams: Exploring the Influence of AI-Mediated Experiences on Purchase Intentions in Sustainable Apparel Markets -- The Implications of Platform Algorithms on Platform Worker’s Job Security.

Sommario/riassunto

This book presents proceedings from the 2nd International Conference on Intelligent Manufacturing and Robotics, ICIMR 2024 Held on 22 and 23 August in Suzhou, China. This proceedings deliberates on the key challenges, engineering and scientific discoveries, innovations, and advances on intelligent manufacturing and robotics that are non-trivial through the lens of Industry 4.0. In this book, traditional and modern solutions that are employed across the spectrum of various intelligent manufacturing and robotics contexts are presents. The readers are expected to gain an insightful view on the current trends, issues, mitigating factors as well as proposed solutions from this book.