1st Edition
The Scandal of Evangelicals and Homosexuality English Evangelical Texts, 1960–2010
Introduction; René Girard’s mimetic theory - A tool for exploration; The crisis of undifferentiation - English Evangelicalism in late modernity; The history of the evangelical consensus position on homosexuality - A study of popular English evangelical texts 1960-2010; Holiness in late modernity - An examination of English evangelical traditions of spirituality; Homophobia and fundamentalism as insufficient explanations; Unafraid Evangelicalism; Conclusion
Biography
Mark Vasey-Saunders is a priest in the Church of England, working as a vicar and pioneer minister in the diocese of Southwell and Nottingham. He is an evangelical with a long experience of the evangelical community in the UK, and this book is the product of ten years of research for his doctorate. He has previously taught an undergraduate Ethics course for clergy in training at Cranmer Hall, Durham University. He currently teaches on the Lay Reader training programme through All Saints Centre for Mission and Ministry (part of the Common Awards).
’Mark Vasey-Saunders provides a compelling analysis of evangelicals’ tendency to a cycle of contagious violence and scapegoating, exemplified in traditional attitudes to gays and lesbians. And yet he argues for the possibility of a profound reconstruction of the tradition, freed from sacred violence. In the Academy, the Church and among those alienated from the Church, this is a book that deserves careful reading.’ Rob Warner, University of Chester, UK
