Zauren Makarantar Sakandare Ta Tattauna Tsakanin Jima'i da Ruhaniya

Taron Shugabancin Seminary na Bethany akan “Farin Ciki da Wahala a Jiki: Juya Wa Juna” ya kawo mutane sama da 160 zuwa harabar makarantar a Richmond, Ind., a ranar 12-14 ga Afrilu. Shugaban taron shine James Forbes, babban minista na cocin Riverside na New York da Harry Emerson Fosdick Adjunct Farfesa na Wa'azi a Makarantar Tauhidi ta Union.

Taron shi ne karo na hudu a cikin jerin shirye-shiryen da shugabar Bethany Ruthann Knechel Johansen ta kaddamar, wadda ta bayyana a jawabinta na farko cewa batun na bana ya samo asali ne sakamakon cece-kuce a cikin majami'u da al'umma kan abin da ake nufi da jima'i da ruhi da aka yi a cikin siffar. Allah.

"Taron Shugaban kasa ya ba da shawarar wata hanyar kasancewa a cikin duniya kuma a fili buɗe shaidar Bethany Seminary ga coci da duniya da ke fama da jinƙai, adalci, da zaman lafiya," in ji ta. Tushen wannan shaida ya ta'allaka ne a cikin manyan ayyuka na al'adunmu na Anabaptist-Pietist. Waɗannan sun haɗa da nazarin nassosi a cikin jama’a, da begen da Ruhu Mai Tsarki yake ja-gora kuma ya ci gaba da bayyana mana gaskiyar Allah, da kuma imani cewa ƙaunar maƙwabcinmu ko baƙo, har ma da maƙiyanmu, yana ɗauke da tafarkin Kristi a duniya.”

Cikakken zaman da James Forbes ya jagoranta

Gabatarwa irin na wa'azin Forbes ya ba da ƙarin tambayoyi fiye da amsoshi a tsaka-tsakin jima'i da ruhi. Da yake tambayar ƙungiyar don tunawa akwai lokacin da ba za ku iya yin magana game da jima'i a cikin coci ba, jawabinsa na buɗewa ya haɗa da jerin tambayoyi masu yawa daga ra'ayoyi daban-daban - da alama an yi nufin ba da izini ga mahalarta su yi kowace tambaya ta kansu.

"Ba za mu warware wannan ba," in ji shi a wani lokaci. Ko da yake tattaunawa game da jima'i "ya rike coci a cikin bauta a cikin shekaru 50 na ƙarshe," Forbes ya ce dole ne cocin ya ci gaba da gwagwarmaya. "Ba nasara (na ƙarshe) ba ne zai zama abin burgewa ga Allah," in ji shi. "A cikin ƙoƙarinmu ne Allah yake ganin an ja hankalin mutane masu rauni zuwa ga kamala."

Gabatarwar panel

Haka kuma an gabatar da jawabai daga masu fafutuka daga bangarori daban-daban na ilimi. Abubuwan da aka gabatar sun fito ne daga tsarin likita na asibiti zuwa bambance-bambance a cikin jima'i na mutum ta David E. Fuchs, darektan likita na Ƙungiyar 'Yan Uwa ta Retirement Community a Lancaster, Pa .; don sake fassara rubuce-rubucen St. Augustine game da jima'i da zunubi na asali na David Hunter, Cottrill-Rolfes Shugaban Nazarin Katolika a Jami'ar Kentucky; zuwa mahimmancin tunani da ma'anar jima'i daga hangen nesa na Jungian ta Amy Bentley Lamborn, mataimakin farfesa na ilimin tauhidi na Pastoral a Babban Tauhidin Tauhidi, wanda ya tambayi mutane suyi la'akari da irin kyautar da za a iya kiyayewa a cikin "sauran" wanda muke jin tsoro ko ƙi.

Har ila yau, masu gabatar da shirin sun kasance Ken Stone, shugaban ilimi kuma farfesa na Littafi Mai Tsarki na Ibrananci, Al'adu, da Hermeneutics a Makarantar Tiyoloji ta Chicago, wanda ya yi jayayya don canza karatun "queer" na ayoyin Littafi Mai Tsarki a matsayin kayan aiki na wa'azi; da Gayle Gerber Koontz, farfesa na Theology and Ethics a Associated Mennonite Biblical Seminary, wanda tsawon shekaru yana koyar da jima'i ga ɗaliban hidima.

Shawarwari ga coci wani bangare ne na gabatarwar Fuchs da Koontz. Fuchs ya bukaci mahalarta da su tuna cewa lokacin da iyali ko coci suka ƙi mutum saboda jima'i da mummunar cutar da aka yi, yana ba da labarin rasa aboki na yara don kashe kansa. Martanin Ikilisiya game da jima'i ya kamata ya kasance da burin rage cutarwa da yin aiki da tashin hankali, in ji shi.

Daga cikin shawarwarin nata, Koontz ta yi kira ga cocin da ta inganta "lafiya ta jima'i" ko "ƙauna mai tsarki" wanda ya wajaba a dauki wasu mutane a matsayin mai tsarki ga Allah. Ta yi kira da a kimanta rashin aure a matsayin ingantaccen zaɓi na ruhaniya tare da aure, wanda ake kira Kiristoci don tunawa da iyali na gaskiya ba ilimin halitta ba ne amma ana samunsa a cikin cocin coci, kuma ta yi kira da a buɗe tattaunawa game da jima'i a cikin coci ta hanyoyi daban-daban ciki har da ilimin jima'i daga Mahangar Kirista. Rashin ikon yin magana da kyau game da jima'i ya haifar da fushi, rikici, da halin adalci a cikin coci, in ji ta.

An rufe dandalin da addu'a da hidimar sada zumunci

Forbes ta rufe taron a cikin halin addu'a da yabo, yana kiran kasancewar Ruhu Mai Tsarki. Rashin Ubangiji na iya zama dalilin rashin gamsuwa da gogewar soyayya a rayuwar dan Adam, in ji shi, ya kara da cewa kusancin wani da wani na iya zama wata baiwar da ke da alaka da samuwar Ubangiji. “Ina so in san Allah ta wurin Ruhun Allah, domin ba abin da ya fi ƙarfi,” in ji shi.

Bayan da Forbes ya jagoranci addu'a, taron rufewa ya gayyaci mahalarta zuwa hidimar tarayya. Kowace rana na dandalin an gabatar da ibadar da ɗalibai, malamai, manyan malamai, da tsofaffin ɗalibai suke jagoranta. An gudanar da wani shagali na Mutual Kumquat da yammacin ranar Juma'a.

Taron Pre-Forum

Taron Pre-Forum Gathering don tsofaffin ɗalibai sun gabatar da gabatarwa ta baiwar Bethany da Makarantar Addini ta Earlham. Batutuwa sun haɗa da alaƙar farashin batsa - tare da ƙididdiga kan haɓakar amfani da shi, tasiri, da jaraba har ma a tsakanin membobin coci da fastoci; kula da makiyaya da ke kula da jima'i; hanyoyin samari na neman kusanci; da kuma ƙaramin rukuni suna musayar nassin Littafi Mai Tsarki.

Julie Hostetter, darektan Cibiyar 'Yan'uwa don Jagorancin Ministoci ne suka gabatar da jawabai kafin taron; Jim Higginbotham, Mataimakin farfesa na ESR na Kula da Kiwo da Shawarwari; Russell Haitch, darektan Cibiyar Bethany don Ma'aikatar tare da Matasa da Matasa Manya; da farfesa na Sabon Alkawari Dan Ulrich, wanda ya jagoranci karatun ibada na Matta 20 tare da Edward L. Poling.

Za a bayyana abubuwan da aka gabatar daga dandalin tattaunawa a cikin fitowar bazara na Mujallar Bethany "Al'ajabi & Kalma." Bugu da kari, DVD na zaman taron za a yi don siye. Don ƙarin bayani tuntuɓi Jenny Williams a willije1@bethanyseminary.edu .