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16 Mar 2007

A larger vision of 'family'

Many commentators, both religious and secular, assume that a narrow definition of family is readily mandated by the biblical texts. They're wrong.
16 Mar 2007

Wrestling biblically with the changing shape of family

New Testament scholar Deirdre Good explains why simplistic appeals to scripture distort its meaning, and why for the Gospel family is built on magnanimity not exclusion

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