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Homosexuality in the Church: Both Sides of the Debate. Jeffrey S. Siker, editor. Louisville, Kentucky: Westminster John Knox Press. 1994. ISBN 0-664-25545-0.
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Congregations Talking About Homosexuality: Dialogue on a Difficult Issue. Beth Anne Gaede, editor. Alban Institute Publication. 1998. ISBN 1-56699-198-6.
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Reclaiming the Spirit: Gay Men and Lesbians Come to Terms with Religion. David Shallenberger. New Brunswick, New Jersey: Rutgers University Press. 1998. ISBN 0-8135-2488-1.
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The Homophobic Healer. Sandra St. John. Denver: Tiderwick Publications. 1994. ISBN 1-885-084-33-1.
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Religion Is A Queer Thing. Elizabeth Stuart. Cleveland, Ohio: The Pilgrim Press. 1997. ISBN 0-8298-1269-5.
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Homosexuality and Christian Faith. Edited by Walter Wink. Minneapolis: Fortress Press. 1999. ISBN 0-8006-3186-2.
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Coming Out Spiritually: The Next Step. Christian de la Huerta. New York: Tarcher/Putnam (Penguin). 1999. ISBN 0-87477-966-9.
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Pastoral Care of Gays, Lesbians, and Their Families. David Switzer. Minneapolis: Fortress Press. 1999. ISBN 0-8006-2954-X.
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More Than Welcome: Learning to Embrace Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgendered Persons in the Church. Maurine C. Wuan. Chalice Press. 1999.
The author presents a viewpoint not often heard in the current cacophony of Christian debate over the place of people with alternative sexuality. She writes to a religious audience struggling to get beyond the sin model, which views non-heterosexuals as "evil" due to freely made choices. She opposes the illness model, which connotes a psychological problem needing to be "fixed" or "cured." She presents poignant vignettes of people from various parts of the gay/lesbian community and chronicles her own evolution from ignorance, to visceral avoidance, to active advocacy.
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The Loyal Opposition: Struggling With the Church on Homosexuality. Tex Sample and Amy E. DeLong. Abbingdon Press. 2000.
No issue more polarizes American Protestants today than the church's stance on homosexuality. A number of denominations have engaged in prolonged and divisive debate on the subject in recent years, and it appears that it will occupy their attention for some time to come. While numerous attempts have been made to change these denominations' official stance on the issue, most have failed to do so. This leaves those who favor full inclusion of persons of gay and lesbian orientation into the life of the church with difficult choices. Should they remain within their denomination and keep silent, or should they leave it in protest? The answer, say contributors to this book, is neither. Those whose conscience leads them to disagree with their church must continue to work for change, forming a "loyal opposition" within the denomination. The authors call for a principled and disciplined response to the official condemnations of homosexuals, one that is serious in its commitment to the difficult process of reconciliation and forgiveness. Faithfulness to the gospel, they remind us, requires nothing less than that we be committed to the full inclusion of all persons in the Body of Christ - not least of all those who disagree with us.
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Homosexuality and Christian Community. Choon-Leong Seow. Westminster John Knox Press. 1996.
Contributors to this book, all members of the Princeton Theological Seminary faculty, address the various exegetical, interpretive, and practical issues pertaining to the issue of homosexuality in the church. As theological educators, ministers, and committed Christians, they ask, What do the scriptures say about homosexuality and related issues? How should the scriptures inform our theological reflection? How do we live faithfully in regard to this matter? Like the Christian community at large, the contributors are not of one mind on any of these issues; many times they are in considerable disagreement. This book will help the reader think more clearly about this important issue.
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Christianity, Social Tolerance and Homosexuality. John Boswell. University of Chicago Press. 1980.
A basic text for those who affirm committed gay/lesbian relationships. Winner of the 1981 American Book Award for History, Boswell's work is seen by many as being both objective and scholarly. Of particular interest are his exhaustive word studies on specific disputed terms.
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What Christians Think About Homosexuality. L. R. Hoben. Bibal Press. 1999.
This is an important foundational book and I suggest that it be one of the first books you read. The author summarizes six representative viewpoints which cover the spectrum of current Christian thought on homosexuality. He does not try to convince you that any one viewpoint is correct, but presents the arguments for each in an unbiased manner, shows how it has been criticized, and explains how the proponents of that viewpoint answer their critics. The author's stated goal is to "synthesize and popularize the extensive scholarly and theological work that has been done on the question of Christian faith and the homosexual person and to render the complexity and breadth of that material accessible to others who, for pastoral or personal reasons, seek to move beyond polemics and absolutist pronouncements to a thoughtful consideration of the scope of Christian thinking on this issue."
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20 Hot Potatoes Christians Are Afraid to Touch. Tony Campolo. Word Publishing. 1988.
See Chapter 9, "Does Christianity have any good news for homosexuals?"
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Is Jesus a Republican or a Democrat? Tony Campolo. Word Publishing. 1995.
See Chapter 3, "Do Christians promote gay-bashing?"
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Adventures in Missing the Point: How the Culture-controlled Church Neutered the Gospel. Brian D. McLaren and Tony Campolo. Zondervan. 2003.
See chapter on homosexuality.
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Congregations Talking About Homosexuality: Dialogue on a Difficult Issue. Beth Anne Gaede. Alban Institute Publication. 1998
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What's So Amazing About Grace? Philip Yancey. Zondervan. 1997
The chapter "Grace-Healed Eyes," chronicles the author's friendship with Mel White, a former pastor, a teacher at Fuller Seminary and a ghostwriter for such evangelical leaders as Billy Graham, Pat Robertson, Francis Schaeffer, Oliver North and Jerry Falwell. When Mel finally admitted his lifelong struggles with homosexuality, many of these former colleagues distanced themselves from him, but Yancy remained his friend, even though disagreeing with his choices.
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The Church and the Homosexual. John J. McNeill. Sheed, Andrews and McMeel, Inc. 1976
McNeill, a Jesuit priest at the time the book was published, articulates his view from the perspective of traditional Roman Catholic moral theology. This work, for which he was expelled from his order, has had wide influence. McNeill was one of the founders of Dignity, the national organization for gay and lesbian Catholics.
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Straight to Jesus: Sexual and Christian Conversions in the Ex-Gay Movement. Tanya Erzen. University of California Press. 2006
The author, a sociologist and ethnographer, spent over three years volunteering in the New Hope residential program and conducting many interviews with participants and leaders, as well as those from other ministries and religions, attempting to uncover the various theories and methods of therapy that underlie them.
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