Activist-academic Meg-John Barker and cartoonist Julia Scheele have succeeded in doing something rare: they made queer theory understandable and practical for non-academics…
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Rev. 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.”
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In 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.
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Sexual 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?
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Unnatural: 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.
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Hartke brings different trans-affirming theologies together to provide a resource for transgender people and Christian communities.
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In 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.
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For Chu, Jesus’ love is sure, yet it cannot be kept secret—it must be shared in a way that invites communion among believers.
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Cantorna speaks to LGBTQ Christians who have experienced great loss, sorrow, and shame. For that audience, this book uplifts and empowers.
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Drew 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.
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In his book, God and the Gay Christian: The Biblical Case in Support of Same-Sex Relationships, Matthew Vines makes a case in support of same-sex relationships by detailing his parents’ journey to an affirming position with the aid of scholarly works from a biblical perspective.
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