Under the Bed of Heaven
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Under the Bed of Heaven

Christian Eschatology and Sexual Ethics

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Under the Bed of Heaven

Christian Eschatology and Sexual Ethics

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Finalist for the 2022 Award for Excellence in the Study of Religion, Constructive-Reflective Studies presented by the American Academy of Religion Under the Bed of Heaven is a work of Christian ethics that examines how eschatology might reshape concepts of sexual morality. With the rise of institutional Christianity in the Roman Empire, Christian attitudes about sexual desire and activity were soon controlled by doctrines of virginity and celibacy, or, monogamous marriage for the sake of procreation. These moral theologies aligned with a certain track of Christian eschatology, which imagined the future resurrection of the body, but without any corresponding sexual desires. As a result, traditional Christianity developed a preference for celibacy on earth to match the loss of sexual desire and activity in heaven, making marriage and monogamy temporal goods only. In recent years, a few scholars of religion have challenged whether this vision of a sexless heaven is valid. However, they have not fully developed a vision of sex in heaven that might function to critique and reform Christian sexual ethics on earth. Richard W. McCarty explores scripture, church teachings, and different models of eschatology to offer a bold new conception of Christian sexual ethics that is inclusive of LGBTQ and heterosexual people, both in and outside of monogamous configurations.

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Publisher
SUNY Press
Year
2021
ISBN
9781438486277
Topic
Theology & Religion
Subtopic
Sexuality & Gender in Religion

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. Introduction: Hiding under the Bed of Heaven
  7. 1. Building the Bridge between Christian Ethics and Eschatology
  8. 2. Sex in Heaven
  9. 3. Christianity’s Sexless Heaven
  10. 4. New Visions for Sex in Heaven
  11. 5. Sexual Metaphors for the Eschatological Life
  12. 6. An Eschatological Sexual Ethic, Part 1: The Gifts and Fragilities of Monogamy
  13. 7. An Eschatological Ethic, Part 2: The Christian Possibilities of Promiscuity and Celibacy
  14. Notes
  15. Selected Bibliography
  16. Index
  17. Back Cover