John C. Bean and Rosalie (Kit) Bean

Dignity, Dogmatism, and Same-Sex Relationships

Ethics, Culture & Social Issues

“This courageous, wise, and much-needed book follows the personal journey of a Lutheran minister toward a scientific and theological understanding of gender and sexual orientation. Writing in a lucid, intellectually engaging style, Rossing is equally at home within the scientific and the theological realms. He makes the best case that we have ever encountered for why a Christian community should value love itself--whether oriented toward the same sex or the opposite sex--rather than perpetuate ungrounded prejudices against GLBT persons. Calling for the dignity of all persons and for extending the blessings of marriage to all loving couples, Rossing eloquently dismantles the arguments of religious dogmatists whose view of 'sexual perversion' is 'not consistent with either scientific evidence or a careful reading of scripture.'”