Evangelical Sexual Ethics (October 14th)

Question 1

3 attitudes towards sex (Keller reading)

Answer 1

Realism
Platonism
Romanticism

Question 2

Realism

Answer 2

Sex as inevitable biological drive (be careful)

Question 3

Platonism

Answer 3

Sex as necessary evil (naturally tainted)

Question 4

Romanticism

Answer 4

Sex as vital self-expression (primacy of interpersonal love)

Question 5

Evangelicalism (all the -isms)

Answer 5

Bebbington’s quadrilatural
Transdenominationalism
Pencostalism

Question 6

Bebbington’s quadrilatural

Answer 6

Biblicism
Crucicentrism
Conversionism
Activism

Question 7

Biblicism

Answer 7

High view of scripture

Question 8

Crucicentrism

Answer 8

Emphasis on the cross

Question 9

Conversionism

Answer 9

emphasis on conversion

Question 10

Activism

Answer 10

witnessing and social action

Question 11

Pencostalism

Answer 11

Unincarnate spirit

Translation and cultural adaptation

Question 12

Evangelical morality for Taylor

Answer 12

Connects salvation and sanctity with a certain moral order in both individual and communal life

Question 13

Evangelical morality for Martin

Answer 13

Space for moral revisions

Question 14

Evangelical foundation to christian ethics (O’Donovan)

Answer 14

resurrection is: an unequivocal yes to jesus and created order he redeemed
a sign that god continues to stand by his created order

Question 15

Waters on family

Answer 15

Family as providential witness: “ the family is a human association comprised of biological and social affinities which provide a place of mutual and timely belonging for its members” (205).

Question 16

Waters on singleness

Answer 16

Singleness as eschatological witness

Question 17

Symbol of Singleness

Answer 17

symbol of churches power to effect lives for the growth of the church;

Question 18

Symbol of Marriage and procreation

Answer 18

symbol of churches understanding that growth is long and arduous (191)

Question 19

Children symbol of

Answer 19

sign of hope, the fact that god has not abandoned this world

Question 20

Sex is not about fulfillment but about

Answer 20

Building the kingdom of God

Question 21

Sacred sex (3 goods)

Answer 21

Procreates - creates families of disciples
Delights - mirrors joys of RS in the trinity
Unifies - convenant renewal ceremony

Question 22

Porneia

Answer 22

Sex outside of marriage

Question 23

Marc Grace Driscoll

Answer 23

Sex as a gift

Question 24

Keller : sex outside of marriage

Answer 24

fails to represent absolute and complete covenant unity

Question 25

Keller: theological purposes of marriage

Answer 25

Choose singleness or family based on which state makes us best a sign of the kingdom
Marriage: véhicule for mutual sanctification
Singleness: witness to hope placed in kingdom of God