SOR 2 TRIAL deck 1

• Creative purpose of marriage

  Family and procreation
• Genesis 1:28: '“Be fruitful and multiply”'
• Unitive purpose of marriage

  Supported by the community and by each other
• Mark 10:9: '“What God has joined let no one divide”'
• Permanent purpose of marriage

  Forever
• Hosea 2:21: '“I will espouse you to me forever”'
• Exclusive purpose of marriage

  The notion that one person has been chosen for the other
• Ephesians 5:25: '“Husbands love your wives as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her”'
• Formative purpose of marriage


  Leading to salvation, each partner through their unconditional love mirrors the unconditional love of God
• 1 John: '“Beloved let us love one another for love is from God and whoever loves has been born of God and knows God”'
• Sacramental purpose of marriage

  “Where two or three are gathered in my name I am there in the midst”
• Environmental ethics

  • Anthropocentric
  • Biocentric
• Anthropocentric


  Human worldview
• Genesis 1:28: '“have dominion over the...”'
• All that God created is good
• Genesis 1:31: '“God saw all that he had made and it was very good”'
• Humans have been appointed stewards of all creation
• Genesis 2:15: '“Lord took man and put him in the garden of Eden to work it and care for it”'
• Issues in environmental ethics

  • Storage of nuclear waste in rural Australia
  • Deforestation
  • Coral reef bleaching
  • Ecosystem destruction through urbanisation
• God desires a harmonious relationship with all people
• Matthew 6: '“Pray to your father who is in secret, and your father who sees in secret will reward you”'
• God desires peace for all people
• Pacem in Terris: '“Peace must be founded on truth, vivified and integrated by charity”'
• Christian peacemakers


  Individuals who promote peace through various actions and teachings
• Christian peacemakers

  • Pedro Arrupe
  • Oscar Romero
  • Fr John Dear
  • Steven Davis
  • Ruth Corker Burks
• Islam promotes peace
• Quran 22:78: '“You be a witness over mankind”'
• Every Muslim must strive to achieve peace

  Within themselves and society
• Quran: '“But if they incline to peace, you also incline to it”'
• Individuals who promote peace in Islam

  • Dr Abdi
  • Dr Mohamed
  • Dr Rafi
  • Hana Assafiri
• Muslims for Peace

  Oldest Muslim group in USA, follow 5 pillars and therefore Muhammad
• TAWHID

  Experiences of Hajj
• MALEK

  Experiences of Hajj
• RUSUL

  Experiences of Hajj
• BOOKS OF ALLAH

  Experiences of Hajj
• AKHIRA

  Experiences of Hajj
• Sexual ethics in Islam

  Submit to the will of Allah
• Quran 6:17: '“And if Allah touches you with affliction none can remove but He”'
• Allah creates all things in pairs

  Individual call to find a lawful partner
• Equality is desired by Allah

  All are called to be beautiful before Allah