The importance of Burke’s Queering the Ethiopian Eunuch is that he challenges the lens in which we read the text. Having the ambiguity of the Eunuch at the center, we understand the whole narrative. We then must ask ourselves what would be our personal ambiguity be that we could bring to the center of our understanding of the text?
Read MoreActivist-academic Meg-John Barker and cartoonist Julia Scheele have succeeded in doing something rare: they made queer theory understandable and practical for non-academics…
Read MoreRev. Emmy Kegler’s book One Coin Found: How God’s Love Stretches to the Margins is a meditation on an LGBT pastor’s relationship with Scripture. The book’s central idea can be summarized in the opening line of the final chapter: “I have come to love the stories of Scripture because I was found by love first.”
Read MoreIn regard to Scripture, progressive revelation means that there are two movements happening in the Bible: first, a movement toward lived experience becoming a valid reason to change one’s mind about old truths; and second, a movement toward the full acceptance of LGBTQ+ people. Robertson relies especially on the first movement to say that the “witness” of LGBTQ+ Christians—their experiences of faithful living—demonstrates that the Spirit of God has moved toward inclusion.
Read MoreIn Changing Our Mind, Gushee shocked the evangelical world by proclaiming that he not only no longer believes this but also that he now desires the fellowship of the "bullied" (LGBT people) more than that of the "bullies.”
Read MoreSexual Disorientations does not seek the completion of queer theory, theology, or biblical studies. In fact, it is a book which is altogether skeptical that any such completion could possibly exist. Instead, this book is a book about “pointing” in particular directions. To where—or more precisely to when—does queerness point?
Read MoreLee, a former evangelical Christian herself, weaves together the personal accounts of four young, progressive, self-proclaimed evangelical reformers with an expansive body of research on church trends, politics, and sociology as well as her own personal experience with evangelicalism in her youth.
Read MoreUnfair: Christians and the LGBTQ Question, is a timely book of voices from the LGBTQ+ community that brings the often forgotten human experience of queer-identifying people into the current debates of inclusion and affirmation of queer sexualities that are occurring within many Christian churches today.
Read MoreUnnatural: Spirituality in Queer Christian Women by Rachel Murr seeks to create a stronger community of Queer people who hold a religious faith through the breaking of silence.
Read MoreMiguel A. De La Torre… states, “any struggle for liberation must truly begin with a discussion on sex.”
Read MoreHartke brings different trans-affirming theologies together to provide a resource for transgender people and Christian communities.
Read MoreIn Rainbow Theology: Bridging Race, Sexuality, and Spirit, the Rev. Dr. Patrick S. Cheng… suggests beginning the formation of a rainbow theology—an understanding of God through the lens of the LGBTIQ people of color community—through the illustrations of queer of color individuals and organizations.
Read MoreSam Allberry’s 2013 book, Is God Anti-Gay?, addresses the topic of homosexuality—or as Allberry prefers, “same-sex attraction”—in the Christian context.
Read MoreFor Chu, Jesus’ love is sure, yet it cannot be kept secret—it must be shared in a way that invites communion among believers.
Read MoreGalvanized by the lack of discussion, the crisis of HIV/AIDS, and a personal connection to the field, [Douglas] brings a womanist perspective to begin the conversation of sexuality in the Black community.
Read MoreCantorna speaks to LGBTQ Christians who have experienced great loss, sorrow, and shame. For that audience, this book uplifts and empowers.
Read MoreMark Achtemeier walks through his journey from conservative church activist to advocate for same-sex marriage and ordination in his book The Bible’s Yes to Same-Sex Marriage.
Read MoreIn her book, Excluded, Julia Serano makes the argument that feminist and queer communities are often more exclusive than inclusive and that the solution to this problem is to take a holistic approach to advocacy work.
Read MoreDrew Harper illustrates the many ways in which he had to assume the role of parent to his own father… Still, this book provides a hopeful alternative to the all-too-common narrative of familial disintegration resulting from conservative parents’ refusal to see their gay child’s identity as valid, beloved, and God-given.
Read MoreBloom, a young adult romance comic, follows the lives of two young boys, Ari and Hector, who somehow found their lives intertwined for a summer and find themselves falling hard for the other.
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