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Last Updated: 5/20/13 |
Robert A. J. Gagnon
is Associate Professor of New Testament at Pittsburgh Theological
Seminary. He came to PTS in the Fall of 1994 after a one-year position as Visiting
Professor of Religion at Middlebury College in Vermont. He has a B.A. degree
from Dartmouth College, an M.T.S. from Harvard Divinity School, and a
Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary. His main fields of interest are
Pauline theology and sexual issues in the Bible. He is a member both of
the Society
of Biblical Literature and of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti
Societas [Society of New Testament Studies]. He is also an ordained elder
at a Presbyterian Church (USA) in Pittsburgh. He is the author of The
Bible and Homosexual Practice: Texts and Hermeneutics (Nashville:
Abingdon Press, 2001; 520 pgs.); co-author (with Dan O. Via) of
Homosexuality and the Bible: Two Views (Minneapolis: Fortress Press,
2003; 125 pgs.); and, as a service to the church, provides a large amount
of free material on the web dealing with Scripture and homosexuality. In addition, he has published
scholarly articles on biblical studies in Journal of Biblical
Literature, New Testament Studies, Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Novum
Testamentum, Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, Horizons in Biblical Theology, and The Christian
Century. He is also author of article-length encyclopedia entries in
Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible (Baker/SPCK),
New Dictionary of Christian Apologetics (IVP), Oxford Handbook
of Evangelical Theology (Oxford University Press), and
Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization (Wiley-Blackwell).
In addition, he has
been quoted in, or has written for, the New York Times, National
Public Radio, CNN, U.S. News and World Report, Christianity Today,
Christian Century, and other news outlets and popular magazines.
For a partial curriculum vitae of Dr. Gagnon
go here.
To contact Dr. Gagnon send an e-mail to:
gagnon@pts.edu
or call (412) 924-1416. If you would like to
be included on his mailing list and notified once a month or so regarding
new materials on his website, e-mail Dr. Gagnon with the request.
As with the websites of other
PTS faculty members, the views expressed on this website are the faculty
member's
own and make no claim to representing the official views of Pittsburgh
Theological Seminary.
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New Article: "The
Scriptural Case for a Male-Female Prerequisite for Sexual
Relations: A Critique of the Arguments of Two Adventist
Scholars," pp. 53-161,
in
Homosexuality, Marriage, and the
Church: Biblical, Counseling, and Religious
Liberty Issues (eds. R. E. Ganes, N. P. Miller, and H.
P. Swanson; Berrien Springs, Mich.: Andrews University
Press, 2012), xviii, 576 pages.
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This 109-page article grew out of a
Seventh-day Adventist conference held at Andrews University
in 2009. The article was more or less completed in Summer
2010, with minor changes made in 2012. I consider the
article to be my most up-to-date mid-length treatment of the
subject of Scripture and homosexuality at the present time.
Although I interact with two Adventist scholars the issues
raised are the same ones raised in all the mainline
denominations. So while the article appears in an Adventist
publication the article's content is applicable in any
Christian venue where the issue of the Bible and homosexual
practice is discussed.
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For
online links to audio or video presentations by Dr. Gagnon on the
Bible and homosexuality click:
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here
(go to the
drop-down menu on the left and click "Marriage and the Bible") for a 50-minute video on Jesus' teaching
about love and on Paul's teaching about homosexual practice in
Romans 1:24-27; Ruth Institute, 8/9/09
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here
for a 58-minute audio on Jesus on sex and love;
Ruth Institute, 8/13/10
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here
for a 55-minute audio on the secular case against
homosexual practice and Paul's teaching on homosexual practice;
Ruth Institute, 8/14/10
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here
for a 28-minute video on the
Bible and homosexual practice; Pure Passion Ministry,
5/09/08
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here
for an 83-minute
video on why the church disagrees about homosexual
practice, the true meaning of love, what is at stake, the proper
use of analogies, and what the Bible finds wrong about
homosexual practice; Pure Passion Ministry, 5/10/08
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here
for a 72-minute
video on Paul's view on homosexual practice, incl. both
Rom 1:24-27 and 1 Cor 6:9; Pure Passion Ministry,
5/10/08
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here
for a 76-minute
video on Paul and sexual orientation theory in antiquity;
Jesus on sex and love; and the Old Testament witness on
homosexual practice; plus Q&A; Pure Passion Ministry,
5/10/08
For the last 3 videos you may have to sign up for
the service but the sign up is free. The last 3 videos can be purchased (along with a
72-minute CD on the importance of sexual ethics in the New Testament) for
$35 plus $7 shipping and handling by clicking
here or going to
http://www.purepassion.us/OnlineStore.asp
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Also available: The
three DVD presentations above on CD, along with the extra CD above, for
$20 plus $5 shipping and handling. To order click
here or go to
http://www.purepassion.us/OnlineStore.asp
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If you live outside the
U.S. you must order by phone. Call 1-615-507-4166.
The DVD
set is in NTSC form, which works in North America and a few other
regions. I believe that Europe uses PAL format and this DVD set won't
work on that format. However, Europeans who have DVD machines that will
play both formats can play these DVDs. (Note: Dr. Gagnon
receives no royalties from the sales of these DVDs and CDs.)
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To order a copy of The Bible and
Homosexual Practice: Texts and Hermeneutics (Nashville: Abingdon,
2001; 520 pp., paperback, list $43), at 34% off
(down to $28.44) plus free shipping, click on the image below,
which will take you to Amazon.com.
If you prefer to order by phone or mail, and/or to do
business with a Christian retail outfit, you can order the book from
Christianbook.com, 1-800-247-4784, for a
25% discount plus shipping charge. Click
here if you prefer a mail order form.
For a list of endorsements go
here for pdf and
here for html. For responses to critiques go
here.
A comprehensive treatment of the subject.
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To order a copy of Homosexuality and the
Bible: Two Views (co-authored with Dan O. Via;
Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2003; 127 pp., paperback, list
$15), at 22% off, for only $11.70 (and free shipping, if combined with
other orders totaling over $25), click on the image below.
If you prefer to order by phone or mail, and/or to do
business with a Christian retail outfit, you can order the book from
Christianbook.com, 1-800-247-4784, for a
15% discount plus shipping charge. Click
here if you prefer a mail order form.
For endorsements go
here for pdf and
here for
html.
In this book I provide a 52-page, updated synthesis of
some of the key arguments of The Bible and Homosexual
Practice. Dan O. Via,
professor emeritus of New Testament at Duke University,
contributes a 39-page essay that attempts to make a "biblical"
case for supporting homosexual unions. Via and I each contribute
a 6-page response to the other's essay.
Both my essay and response have note numbers that
key in to online notes,
here for pdf and
here for
html. Also online is
a substantial rejoinder to Via's response,
here
for pdf and here
for html;
as well as
an expanded bibliography of important works on both sides of the
issue (pdf
and html).
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