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Robert A. J. Gagnon
is Associate Professor of New Testament at Pittsburgh Theological
Seminary. He came to PTS in the Fall of 1994 after a one-year position as Visiting
Professor of Religion at Middlebury College in Vermont. He has a B.A. degree
from Dartmouth College, an M.T.S. from Harvard Divinity School, and a
Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary. His main fields of interest are
Pauline theology and sexual issues in the Bible. He is a member both of
the Society
of Biblical Literature and of the Studiorum Novi Testamenti
Societas [Society of New Testament Studies]. He is also an ordained elder
at a Presbyterian Church (USA) in Pittsburgh. He is the author of The
Bible and Homosexual Practice: Texts and Hermeneutics (Nashville:
Abingdon Press, 2001; 520 pgs.); co-author (with Dan O. Via) of
Homosexuality and the Bible: Two Views (Minneapolis: Fortress Press,
2003; 125 pgs.); and, as a service to the church, provides a large amount
of free material on the web dealing with Scripture and homosexuality. In addition, he has published
scholarly articles on biblical studies in Journal of Biblical
Literature, New Testament Studies, Catholic Biblical Quarterly, Novum
Testamentum, Zeitschrift für die Alttestamentliche Wissenschaft, and
Horizons in Biblical Theology; and more popular treatments in The Christian
Century and First Things. He is also author of article-length encyclopedia entries in
Dictionary for Theological Interpretation of the Bible (Baker/SPCK),
New Dictionary of Christian Apologetics (IVP), Oxford Handbook
of Evangelical Theology (Oxford University Press), and
Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization (Wiley-Blackwell).
In addition, he has
been quoted in, or has written for, the New York Times, National
Public Radio, CNN, U.S. News and World Report, Christianity Today,
Christian Century, and other news outlets and popular magazines.
For a partial curriculum vitae of Dr. Gagnon
go here.
To contact Dr. Gagnon send an e-mail to:
gagnon@pts.edu
or call (412) 924-1416. If you would like to
be included on his mailing list and notified once a month or so regarding
new materials on his website, e-mail Dr. Gagnon with the request.
As with the websites of other
PTS faculty members, the views expressed on this website are the faculty
member's
own and make no claim to representing the official views of Pittsburgh
Theological Seminary.
For
online links to audio or video presentations by Dr. Gagnon on the
Bible and homosexuality click:
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here for a 2-hour Discussion/Debate with
Daniel Kirk (10/17/15)
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God's Design for Human Sexual Behavior: produced for Pure
Passion Media and Mastering Life Ministries:
Part 1 &
Part 2.
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An hour video
presentation at the Family Research Council in Washington, D.C.
entitled "Jesus, Scripture, and the Myth of New Knowledge
Arguments about Homosexual Unions" (June 18, 2014); accessible
either on the
FRC website or on
YouTube.
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For a 7-part
series on the Bible and Homosexual Practice (6/13):
Part 1: Genesis 1-2,
Part 2: The Sodom Narrative,
Part 3: The Levitical Prohibitions,
Part 4: David and Jonathan,
Part 5: The Witness of Jesus,
Part 6: The Witness of Paul,
Part 7: The Hermeneutical Relevance of the Bible
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here
for an hour
video on the Bible and Homosexual Practice at a Mere
Anglicanism Conference (1/10)
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here
(go to the
drop-down menu on the left and click "Marriage and the Bible") for a 50-minute video on
Jesus' teaching
about love and on Paul's teaching about homosexual practice in
Romans 1:24-27; Ruth Institute, 8/9/09
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here
for a 58-minute audio on
Jesus on sex and love;
Ruth Institute, 8/13/10
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here
for a 55-minute audio on the secular case against
homosexual practice and Paul's teaching on homosexual practice;
Ruth Institute, 8/14/10
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To order a copy of The Bible and
Homosexual Practice: Texts and Hermeneutics (Nashville: Abingdon,
2001; 520 pp., paperback, list $44), at 27% off
(down to $32), click on the image below,
which will take you to Christian Book Distributors.
For a list of endorsements go
here for pdf and
here for html. For responses to critiques go
here.
A comprehensive treatment of the subject.
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To order a copy of Homosexuality and the
Bible: Two Views (co-authored with Dan O. Via;
Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2003; 127 pp., paperback, list
$19), at 26% off, for only $14, click on the image below,
which will take you to Christian Book Distributors. $12 at Amazon.com.
If you prefer to order by phone or mail, and/or to do
business with a Christian retail outfit, you can order the book from
Christianbook.com, 1-800-247-4784, for a
15% discount plus shipping charge. Click
here if you prefer a mail order form.
For endorsements go
here for pdf and
here for
html.
In this book I provide a 52-page, updated synthesis of
some of the key arguments of The Bible and Homosexual
Practice. Dan O. Via,
professor emeritus of New Testament at Duke University,
contributes a 39-page essay that attempts to make a "biblical"
case for supporting homosexual unions. Via and I each contribute
a 6-page response to the other's essay.
Both my essay and response have note numbers that
key in to online notes,
here for pdf and
here for
html. Also online is
a substantial rejoinder to Via's response,
here
for pdf and here
for html;
as well as
an expanded bibliography of important works on both sides of the
issue (pdf
and html).
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