Christian Scriptures: Sexual Outsiders and the Love Ethic
Lecture 2: The Bible and Sexuality by Rev. Dr. Debra Haffner
Response by Rev. Devlin Scott

In this lecture, Haffner will begin with the transgressive women named in the genealogy of Jesus in the Gospel of Matthew. She will then explore Jesus’s encounters with sexual and social outsiders, including the Samaritan woman at the well (John), the woman accused of adultery (John), and the Ethiopian eunuch (Acts). The lecture will also examine the central role of women in Jesus’s life and ministry, as well as the women who helped lead and spread the movement after his death. Haffner will present Paul’s often-surprisingly positive teachings about sexuality in his letters to the communities of Corinth, Galatia, and Thessalonica.

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