 What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality International Seminars of the LGBTQ Religious Studies Center Theodore W. Jennings, Jr.Professor of Biblical and Constructive Theology A.B., Duke University, 1964; B.D., Ph.D., Emory University, 1967, 1971. Author: Beyond Theism: A Grammar of God-Language (Oxford University Press, 1985); Good News to the Poor: John Wesley’s Evangelical Economics (Abingdon Press, 1990); Loyalty to God: The Apostles Creed in Life and Liturgy (Abingdon Press, 1992); The Insurrection of the Crucified: The ‘Gospel of Mark’ as Theological Manifesto (Exploration Press, 2003); The Man Jesus Loved: Homoerotic Narratives from the New Testament (Pilgrim Press, 2003); Santidad bìblica (Seminario Metodista de Mexico, 2002); Jacob’s Wound: Homoerotic Narrative in the Literature of Ancient Israel (Continuum International Publishing Group, 2005); Reading Derrida/Thinking Paul: On Justice (Stanford University Press, 2006); Transforming Atonement: A Political Theology of the Cross (Augsburg Fortress, 2009). Professor Jennings served as a local pastor and taught for three years at the Methodist Seminary in Mexico City. He has served in the past as a consultant with the United Methodist Church on issues related to commitment to the poor. He also helped initiate the gay and lesbian studies program at CTS and has traveled and lectured extensively in Latin America, Asia and Africa. Jennings’ research interests include Christian doctrine, biblical theology, gay studies, contemporary late modern philosophy, especially that represented by Jacques Derrida and "deconstruction." He also writes, particularly in Spanish, on Wesleyan theology. “The Word of God must be released from the imprisoning forms that have made it serve the interests of the powerful and prosperous so that we may again hear good news for the poor, the despised, the oppressed, and the broken hearted. This work of the reformation of Christian teaching does not belong to ‘the experts,’ but to all who are grasped by the gospel and are called to co-responsibility within the community of faith. In the seminary we provide people with the tools for this task and a community of mutual accountability that respects our diversity and witnesses to our unity in the Spirit.” Sample Courses:Atonement: The Theology of The Cross |
