Sex, Marriage and the Church: Patterns of Change
by Muriel Porter
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Study of the changing attitudes of the Christian Churches to sexuality, human intimacy and the worth of women. Focuses mainly on the Anglican Church and discusses topics such as the clerical marriage debate in the sixteenth century, and changing views on divorce, celibacy, homosexuality and contraception. Includes a glossary, references, a bibliography and an index. Author is a senior lecturer in journalism at RMIT. Her other publications include 'Women in the Church', and 'Land of the Spirit?'.Tags
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Dr Muriel Porter OAM, a Melbourne journalist, author and historian, is an Anglican laywoman. A member of the Anglican Church of Australia's General Synod for the past thirty years, she has written extensively about issues facing the contemporary church. She is an Honorary Research Fellow of the University of Divinity.
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- Nonfiction, Religion & Spirituality, History, Sexuality and Gender Studies
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- 261.8357 — Religion Christian organization, social work & worship Social theology and interreligious relations and attitudes Christianity and socioeconomic problems Social Teaching With Respect to Culture and Institutions Sexuality
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- BT708 .P67 — Philosophy, Psychology and Religion Doctrinal Theology Doctrinal Theology Creation
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