A Better Story

The architects of the sexual revolution won over the popular imagination because they knew the power of story. They drew together radical new ideologies, often complex and hard to grasp, and melded them into the simpler structure of narrative. Crucially, they cast narratives that appealed to the moral instincts of ordinary, decent people.

This moral vision overwhelmed the church and silenced its faltering apologists.

The author argues that if Christians still believe they have have good news in the sphere of sexual ethics, then two big tasks lie ahead. Our first priority is to work out what has gone so badly wrong, both in our understanding and application of what the Bible teaches and the way we have presented our case to the non-churched. And then we must offer a better story, one that fires the imagination with such force that people will say, 'I want that to be true.'






This book offers a confident, biblically rooted moral vision which needs to be shared with prayer and courage.

Auteur

Glynn Harrison is Emeritus Professor of Psychiatry, University of Bristol UK, where he was a practising consultant psychiatrist and Chair of the Department of Psychiatry. He preaches locally and speaks widely on issues of faith and psychology, neuroscience and psychiatry. He is married to Louise. Visit www.glynnharrison.com.

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CONTENTSPreface xi

What lies ahead xiii

Part 1: A better understanding

1 Revolution is my name 3

2 The ideology of the revolution 12

3 The moral vision of the revolution 25

4 The storytellers of the revolution 41

5 The narrative of the revolution 50

6 The warriors of the revolution 59

7 The casualties of the revolution 68

Part 2: A better critique

8 The plank in your own eye 81

9 Sleeping with the enemy 91

10 War on the weak 100

11 Who am I today? 114

Part 3: A better story

12 Living in God's reality 125

13 The end of longing 135

14 The end of shame 148

15 For the life of the world 158

16 Our better story 176

17 Better storytelling 189

Notes 199

Some resources and further reading 210

Bibliography 212