Contents
To Continue the Dialogue


Foreword by Richard A. Kauffman 7
Series Editor’s Preface by Michael A. King 12
Editor’s Preface 13
Introduction by C. Norman Kraus 17

Part One: The Need for Continuing Dialogue
1 The “H” Words: Hermeneutics and Homosexuality 25
C. Norman Kraus

2 Psychological Dynamics: Being Gay or Lesbian 45
Marcus Smucker

3 Homosexuality: Biblical, Theological, and Polity Issues 62
David Schroeder

4 A Pastoral Plea 76
Paul M. Lederach

5 The Story of the Listening Committee 81
Melanie Zuercher and Edward Stoltzfus

6 Mennonites and the Homosexual Issue: A Recent History 92
Lin Garber

7 Mennonites Shift Focus from Morality to Who Belongs 111
Michael A. King

Part Two: Framing the Theological Questions
8 Why Does the Bible Divide Us? A Conversation with Scripture on Same-Gender Attaction 121
Don Blosser

9 Does Homosexuality Have a Biological Basis? 148
Carl S. Keener and Douglas E. Swartzendruber

10 Homosexuality: A Call for Compassion and Moral Rigor 174
A. James Reimer

11 Six Perspectives on the Homosexuality Controversy 187
Theodore Grimsrud

12. What Can We Do When We Don’t Agree?
Christian Tolerance in Romans 14:1–15:6 209
Reta Halteman Finger

13 Fruit of the Spirit or Works of the Flesh? Come Let Us Reason Together 223
Mark Thiessen Nation

14. Commanded to Keep Wrestlingand Wrestling and Wrestling 245
Carolyn Schrock-Shenk

15 Making Theological and Ethical Decisions: Contextualizing the Bible 256
C. Norman Kraus

16 Responses 280
Mary Schertz, John A. Lapp, Willard M. Swartley, Sheldon Burkhalter, Richard Showalter, Elsie Steelberg and Donald Steelberg, Elaine K. Swartzentruber, George R. Brunk

Appendix A: Report of Listening Committee for Homosexual Concerns 303
Appendix B: Entering the Homosexuality Discussion: A Guide For Congregational Dialogue 323
The Contributors 328
The Editor 332


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