Authorizing Marriage?: Canon, Tradition, and Critique in the Blessing of Same-Sex Unions »

Mark D. Jordan is Asa Griggs Candler Professor of Religion at Emory University. He is the author of "Telling Truths in Church" and "Blessing Same-Sex Unions: The Perils of Queer Romance and the Confusions of Christian Marriage".

"Brilliant, fascinating and persuasive. This book will stir significant debate."--David Balch, Texas Christian University

"A convenient sampling of views and interpretations that raises the level of discourse on this controversial public issue. A useful and thoughtful piece of work."--Rachel Adler, Hebrew Union College, Jewish Institute of Religion

William Countryman - Church Times

Learned and absorbing essays. . . . Some of the best historical and theological writing I have read in a long time is contained within the covers of this book. If those on the right wing in our current conflicts fail to enter into serious and thoughtful conversation with these and other recent offerings, they will be convicting themselves of irrational partisanship and intellectual obscurantism.