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Sexual Paradigms in the Orthodox Church

by Bradley Nassif

G. K. Chesterton once said that one should never tear down a fence unless he knows why it was put there in the first place. In this article, I will attempt to explain some of the foundational reasons why the Church has put a fence around its beliefs regarding the nature and purpose of human sexuality.

Bradley Nassif

Bradley Nassif is a professor of biblical and theological studies at North Park University, Chicago. He holds a PhD in patristics from Fordham University (directed by the late Father John Meyendorff), an MDiv from St. Vladimir’s Orthodox Seminary, MAs in New Testament from Denver Seminary and European History from Wichita State University, and a BA in Religion and Philosophy from Friends University. He has been a consultant for The New York Times, a longtime contributor to Christianity Today, and a pioneer of Orthodox-Evangelical dialogue in the United States, the WCC, and the Lausanne-Orthodox-Initiative. His most recent book is a co-edited volume, The Philokalia: A Classic Text of Orthodox Spirituality (Oxford University Press).

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