Difference Is Not A Sin             By Rev. Neil Dawson

An Examination Of The Biblical Attitude To Homosexual Behaviour

Contents

1 Introduction

1. Tolerance of difference.
2. Growing intolerance of homosexuality in the Church.
3. The shape of this book.

2 The Biblical Attitude To The Human Body And Sexuality

1. Biblical attitudes to the human body.
2. Biblical attitudes to nakedness
3. Biblical attitudes to the body and uncleanness.
4. Biblical attitudes to marriage and fidelity and their effect on the attitude to homosexual behaviour.
5. Contemporary classical attitudes to the human body and homosexual behaviour.

3 Biblical Texts Which May Refer To Homosexual Behaviour

4 Critical And Linguistic Examination Of Biblical Texts Which May Refer To Homosexual Behaviour

1. Old Testament
2. New Testament

5 The Bible As A Moral Guide

1. The Authority of the Bible
2. Biblical moral attitudes no longer acceptable.
3. Biblical authority today.
4. The Law of Love.

6 Medical Evidence

1. Homosexuality and mental health.
2. Genes and Social influence
3. AIDS

6B Medical Evidence

1. The Church and Homosexual cures.

7 Another Perspective

1. The purpose of this study
2. The morality of homosexual acts
3. Conclusion

Acknowledgements