Commentators in the earlier Christian tradition recognized the key New Testament passages discussed in this chapter as proffering the makings of a theologically thick and pastorally nourishing construct of the unmarried Christian life.
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In the final chapter of The Meaning of Singleness, I write: “What I have proposed herein is only the beginning of a (re)discovery of singleness…
In this light, virginity began to take on great theological significance as that which declined to facilitate a seemingly endless cycle of birth, life…
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So exists a palpable tension between the predominantly negative perception of the unmarried life discussed in the previous chapter, and certain biblical…
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You know something is amiss when the woman who has a doctorate in singleness is concerned that we’re not valuing marriage highly enough. And yet, here…
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Contemporary secular society holds that it is only in discovering and disclosing our innermost sexual inclinations, attractions, desires, actions, and…
Given this historical analysis, it is unsurprising that the contemporary Christian discourse typically regards the unmarried form of life as…
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