Homosexuality and the Bible — The Rejectionist Approach
Image via Wikipedia Luke Timothy Johnson thinks that the Christian crisis over homosexuality is not really about sex at all. Instead, it “has less to do with sex than with perceived threats to the authority of Scripture and the teaching authority of the church.” In reality the crisis is about both sex and biblical authority , as Johnson himself makes clear. Johnson serves as Robert R. Woodruff Professor of New Testament at the Candler School of Theology at Emory University . He is one of the most influential Roman Catholic scholars in the field of biblical studies. In “ Scripture & Experience ,” published in Commonweal magazine, Professor Johnson presents what can only be described as a rejectionist approach to the Bible ’s teachings on homosexuality. This rejectionist approach means that Professor Johnson directly rejects what the Bible teaches on this issue, and does so with a boldness shared by few others in this debate. He accepts that “the Bible nowhere speaks pos