Category - biblical scholarship

A larger vision of 'family'

Simon Barrow — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 09:22:12 +0000

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

Wrestling biblically with the changing shape of family

Deirdre J. Good — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 08:55:50 +0000

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