Christopher B. Hays and Richard B. Hays, The Widening of God’s Mercy: Sexuality Within the Biblical Story (Yale University Press, 2024).
When announced earlier this...
The GAFCON Primates’ Council rebuked the Archbishop of Canterbury for stating in a recent podcast interview that he believes that sex within any “committed relationship, straight or gay,” is moral.
I remember listening to this song for the first time and thinking, Wait, is this gay? The kiss, the insistent “we were in love” refrain … but surely not.
Bishops from across the theological spectrum engaged in substantive debate: they cited Scripture, the rubrics of the prayer book, their own ordination vows, and the Constitution and Canons, all of which were deemed relevant to the issue.