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Recommended Reading
Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender
Approaches to Christianity
BOSWELL, JOHN. Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality:
Gay People in Western Europe from the Beginning of the Christian Era
to the Fourteenth Century. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press, 1980. &
Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe.
New York: Villard Books, 1994.
CLEAVER, RICHARD. Know My Name. 1995 (A gay reading of the Bible influenced
by liberation theology).
COUNTRYMAN,
L. WILLIAM. Dirt Greed
& Sex: Sexual Ethics in the New Testament and Their Implications
for Today. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1988. (Purity
codes and property rights in Biblical sexual ethics.)
FURNISH, VICTOR
PAUL. The Moral Teaching of Paul; Selected Issues.
Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1979. (Good scholarly treatment of Homosexuality
as well as divorce, women in the church and church/state issues.)
GLASER, CHRIS. Come Home! Reclaiming Spirituality and Community
as Gay Men and Lesbians. San Francisco: Harper & Row, 1990.
(Encouragement for gay and lesbian Christians to “come home”) also The
Word is Out, (book of daily devotionals using scripture for gay
and lesbian peoples).
GOSS, ROBERT. Jesus Acted Up; A Gay and Lesbian Manifesto.
San Francisco: Harper, 1993 (Christian Liberation Theology for Gays
and Lesbians.)
McNEILL, JOHN
J. Freedom, Glorious Freedom: The Spiritual
Journey to the Fullness of Life for Gays, Lesbians, and Everybody Else.
Boston: Beacon Press, 1995. (Deals with Roman Catholic authority issues.)
NELSON, JAMES B. Between
Two Gardens; Reflections on Sexuality and Religious Experience.
New York: The Pilgrim Press, 1983. (Sexual Theology). & other titles
(Embodiment Theology Spirit/Flesh
unity).
O’NEILL, CRAIG
AND KATHLEEN RITTER. Coming
Out Within; Stages of Spiritual Awakening for Lesbians and Gay Men.
San Francisco: Harper, 1992. (Devotionals and encouragement along a
faith journey.)
PERRY, TROY. The Lord is My Shepherd and He Knows I’m
Gay. Austin Texas: Liberty
Press, 1972. (Autobiography of founder of Universal Fellowship of Metropolitan
Community Churches.)
PIAZZA, MICHAEL. The Truth About Being Holy Gay or Lesbian
Homosexuals and Christian. Dallas:
Sources of Hope, 1994. (Pastor of Cathedral of Hope, the largest gay/lesbian
faith community in the world, deals gently with issues of faith including
the Bible and homosexuality and relationship issues.)
PRONK, PIM. Against Nature? Types of Moral Argumentation
Regarding Homosexuality. Grand
Rapids, Michigan: William B. Eerdmans Pub. Company, 1993. (Helpful summery
of standard arguments.)
SCROGGS, ROBIN. The New Testament and Homosexuality. Philadelphia: Fortress Press, 1983. (Excellent
treatments by an accepted, mainline biblical scholar.)
SPONG, JOHN
SHELBY. Living in Sin; A Bishop Rethinks Human Sexuality.
San Francisco: Harper, 1988. (Episcopal bishop reviews scriptural
support for alternative lifestyles.)
WHITE, MEL. Stranger at the Gate: To be Gay and Christian
in America. New York: Simon
& Schuster, 1994. (Personal witness of coming out in Christian Fundamentalism.)
WILSON, NANCY. Our Tribe, Queer Folks, God, Jesus and the
Bible. San Francisco: Harper,
1995. (An Elder in U.F.M.C.C., Wilson “outs” the Bible and tells many
stories of early M.C.C.’s.)
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