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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, forthcoming), and
Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization (Wiley-Blackwell).
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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Upcoming Engagements
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Saturday
Nov. 11, 9 AM - noon. Speaking on
the Bible and homosexuality for First Stone Ministries at
Cherokee Hill Baptist Church, 5700 NW 63rd St., Oklahoma
City, OK 73132. For more info go
here.
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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
(click last box on
lower right) 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
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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Robert Gagnon on
The Mars Hill Audio (2004):
"MARS
HILL AUDIO exists to assist Christians who desire to move from
thoughtless consumption of modern culture to a vantage point of
thoughtful engagement. . . .
We endeavor to encourage the
sensibilities and habits of thoughtful cultural engagement through
creative audio resources." To visit their website go
to
www.marshillaudio.org.
A New
MARS HILL AUDIO Conversation
"Texts, Sex, and Sanctity: Robert Gagnon on
Homosexuality and the Bible. This
is a 50-minute audio conversation with Dr. Robert Gagnon
about the Bible and homosexual practice.
Gagnon’s discussion is
augmented with a reading of an article by theologian Philip Turner
called “The Episcopalian Preference,” in which he examines the
role of individual preferences in the Episcopal Church’s stance on
homosexual practices. "Texts, Sex, and Sanctity" (Conversation
20) is available on cassette ($7) or CD ($9). It may be ordered
online
(scroll down), by telephone at 1-800-331-6407, or in
writing to: Mars Hill Audio, P.O. Box 7826, Charlottesville, VA
22906-7826 (or fax to: 1-434-990-9090). Go
here
to print an order form. Add a
$3 shipping and handling for orders totaling up to $9; $4 for
totals of $10-19, and $5 for totals of $20-29. Sales tax is for
Virginia residents only (4.5%). Canada add $3; Foreign add $10.
(Note: Dr. Gagnon
receives no royalties from the sales of these Mars Hill Audio
tapes.)
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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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