Forgetting How To Blush: United Methodism's Compromise with the Sexual Revolution - Softcover

Karen Booth

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1885224737 ISBN 13: 9781885224736

Publisher: Bristol House Ltd, 2012

Synopsis

Tracing the historical, scientific, political, religious and cultural trends in relation to the sexual revolution, Karen Booth exposes many assumptions, alliances and errors that are rarely considered in the public dialogues and debates over the church's stance on homosexuality.

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About the Author

Karen Booth is a United Methodist clergywoman and the director of Transforming Congregations, an organization that equips the church to model and minister sanctified sexuality. Rev. Booth s years of work ministering to the sexually broken give credibility to her attempt to provide a more richly nuanced background to United Methodism s struggles about sexuality. She and her husband, Randy, live in Monroe, Wisconsin.

Review

Karen Booth s Forgetting How to Blush tells the story of the advancement of the sexual revolution in both the culture and the church from the perspective of one who adheres to the historic and transcultural Christian tradition regarding human sexuality. Anyone who wishes to understand all sides of the debate about sexuality in the church should read the story told in this book. This well-researched book is an invitation to critically reflect upon the theological presuppositions that have guided the effort to change the church s moral teaching and pastoral direction about sexuality. Tim W. Whitaker, Florida Area Resident Bishop, The United Methodist Church --Book Jacket

This is a first-rate review of the controversy on sexuality in The United Methodist Church. It furnishes a deep analysis of the cultural, theological, political, moral and ecclesial issues involved. It should be read with a gimlet eye on the consequences of the controversy for the future of United Methodism. William J. Abraham, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University --Book Jacket

Karen Booth has written the most important book I have seen to help one understand how value-neutral sexual ethics found a home in United Methodism and how it has polluted our moral teaching. With careful research and admirable candor, the author examines Kinsey s fraudulent sexual research and follows its tragic impact on United Methodism s teaching and practice. Writing always with compassion, the author wisely cautions against the attractive third way compromise on homosexuality. I seldom think a book is a must read. Without question, this one is. James V. Heidinger II, President and Publisher, emeritus, Good News, A Forum for Scriptural Christianity, Inc. --Book Jacket

This is a first-rate review of the controversy on sexuality in The United Methodist Church. It furnishes a deep analysis of the cultural, theological, political, moral and ecclesial issues involved. It should be read with a gimlet eye on the consequences of the controversy for the future of United Methodism. William J. Abraham, Perkins School of Theology, Southern Methodist University --Book Jacket

Karen Booth has written the most important book I have seen to help one understand how value-neutral sexual ethics found a home in United Methodism and how it has polluted our moral teaching. With careful research and admirable candor, the author examines Kinsey s fraudulent sexual research and follows its tragic impact on United Methodism s teaching and practice. Writing always with compassion, the author wisely cautions against the attractive third way compromise on homosexuality. I seldom think a book is a must read. Without question, this one is. James V. Heidinger II, President and Publisher, emeritus, Good News, A Forum for Scriptural Christianity, Inc. --Book Jacket

Edition details

• Publisher: Bristol House Ltd
• Publication date: 2012
• ISBN 10: 1885224737
• ISBN 13: 9781885224736
• Binding: Paperback
• Language: English
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 399