Almost everyone is directly affected by questions involving sex and sexual ethics - yet few are aware of the background to current views on topics such as sex before and after marriage, sex as procreation and fulfilment, homosexuality, sexual abuse, rape and contraception. This new edition offers added and up-to-date material discussion burning current issues in a thoughtful, reflective and challenging way.

Peter Vardy

The Puzzle of Sex

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Introduction: The Sexual Challenge

Part One: The Puzzle of Sex – A Developing Understanding

1. The Creation Stories

2. Women and Sex in the  Hebrew Scriptures

3. Jesus – A Scandalous Figure

4. Men, Women and Sex – The Early Christian Tradition

5. East and West – Different Christian Perspectives

6. Reformation Thinkers

7. Old Wine in New Bottles – The Basis for Sexual Ethics Today

Part Two: The Puzzle of Sex Today

8. Psychological Perspectives

9. The Sexual Revolution

10. Contraception and its Social Effects

11. Transactional Sex

12. Love and Marriage

13. The Old Gods Return

14. Sex and Becoming Fully Human

15. Infidelity, Adultery and Betrayal

16. Homosexual Relationships

17. Bringing the Threads Together

Almost everyone is directly affected by questions involving sex and sexual ethics - yet few are aware of the background to views on topics such as sex before and after marriage, sex as procreation and fulfilment, homosexuality, sexual abuse, rape and contraception. This title brings the author's balanced understanding to the subject.

Dr Peter Vardy is Vice Principal of Heythrop College in the University of London and lectures extensively in the UK and internationally to teachers and students. He has a commitment to providing a spiritual perspective in an increasing secular and post-modern world.

\["For Christians seeking guidance on sexual ethics", "Addresses confusion around modern sexual issues", "You will gain clarity on important ethical questions"\]

This book explores critical questions about sex and ethics from a Christian perspective.

Puzzle of Sex

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