Human Sexuality and the Nuptial Mystery: A Conference

AT THIS CONSULTATION church leaders will have the opportunity to interact with two internationally respected Anglican theologians: Professor Oliver O’Donovan and Professor Ephraim Radner.

Our goal is to look for creative alternatives to polarized options in the debate about human sexuality. Residing in the rich and liberating constraints of Scripture, we hope to explore the imaginative options and tensions within the classical Christian tradition.

Participants will be encouraged and refreshed by the rediscovery of the joy of theological study in the context of worship, and within the bonds of Christian affection.

Full info on the event can be found here.  And Winnipeg priest and blogger extraordinaire Preston Parsons will be preaching at one of the morning services.

Comments

[Preston Parsons]

Thanks for the link. You might think of coming out for the conference.

[anthony]

isnt this conference designed for people who arent coming out?

[joseph]

anthony, I prefer the overheard phrase: "so far in the closet they can almost see Narnia". Perhaps you and I could get a grant to attend. I think that one of the things this conference might do is give Anglicans a chance to actually discuss what we think "marriage" means, as opposed to simply talking about relationships.

[anthony]

joe

if you can get the money together, i will be there--i do have a dog in this fight (standard french poodle, named fifi)

[Preston Parsons]

Coming out for the conference. Nice!

This conference will be an opportunity for some genuine reflection. The presenters are far from uniform in their positions, but rather, as you see above - it will be exploring imaginitive options, imagination being conspicuously absent in most discussions on human sexuality, where answers tend to precede reflection.

To that end, there was at one point some hope of getting a representative from radical orthodoxy - a movement being for the most part pro gay while living within the borders of classical Christian reflection - to come as well, but it looks like that has not panned out.