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LGBTQ Theology
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items Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity are morally neutral. Like eye or hair color. It's what you do with them that matters to God.
You need this Queer Bible Commentary on your shelf. Or in your Kindle. But it's kind of big.
The Queer Bible Commentary, Second Edition by Mona West, Hardcover
Jesus Acted Up! Get rowdy with God and for people who need you
jesus acted up a gay and lesbian manifesto
Well written and a favorite of Rachel Held-Evans.
Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs.-Christians Debate by Justin Lee ...
John Boswell was (RIP) a trained historian. So this book has many, many footnotes.
Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality
This book really spoke deeply to me. A lot of LGBTQ people come from inside evangelical Christianity. Not quite THIS deep. But that's part of what makes it a good read. The evolving theology is woven through the biography.
Out of Focus: My Story of Sexuality & Shame
This book is SO GOOD! Would you stay somewhere you were neglected? Here's a rainbow colored sheep, abused and neglected by the flock he belongs to after their shepard leaves. Some rainbow sheep have stayed. But they have to cover themselves in flour....
The Rainbow-Colored Sheep - Glenn Slade Clark Jr.
Mel White has written several books helping use learn what the bible really says about LGBTQ people. This is yet another one. We are not condemned. In fact, there are LGBTQ people in the Bible.
Clobber the Passages: Seven Deadly Verses
You can watch the author do a two hour workshop where she goes through the history of how anti-LGBTQ hatred got into the Bible in the first place.
Walking the Bridgeless Canyon: Repairing Church-LGBT Breach
This book is well written. author Evan P. Turner begins his in-depth study by clearly defining what sin is, according to the Bible, so as to make evident what is not sin. Is masturbation wrong? What does God think of divorce? Is it okay for single pe...
Sex in the Bible: The Untold Truth
Did Jesus include women? What about the apostles? What do the Q bits say that match and are different from the Bible we know?
Gender in the Rhetoric of Jesus: Women in Q
Shannon Kearns has a great sense of humor and tells his story with emotion and grace. In the margins is one of my favorite books.
In the Margins: A Transgender Man's Journey
This book is SO GOOD!! It talks about all the ways the church has hurt LGBTQ people. And how they could fix it.
Heavy Burdens: 7 Ways LGBTQ Christians Harmed
Thomas Oord was charged by his denomination of fully affirming. LGBT people. His reply? Is that actually something you can charge someone with? You charge people with illegal things that fall outside of following Jesus' commandment to love.
My Defense: Responding to LGBTQ+ Affirmation Charges
Prayer is from the heart. and these prayers are from LGBTQ people out to other folks from our communities.
Complete Collection of Christian Prayers for LGBTQ+
I've read this book and it raises a couple new points. Which can be hard to do in this field.
Homosexuality in the Bible: Verse-by-Verse Exposition
I haven't had the chance to read this one. So proceed with caution. But it seems okay after scanning it.
The Gay Catechism: Explaining the LGBT Christian
This is part one of a two volume investigation into how churches began to learn that bigotry against gay people would work for them socially and financially.
Why The Clergy Lied: LGBTQ & Christianity
The author here talks about how mistranslations and writing errors in scriptures were passed on to help continue bigotry against lgbtq people.
Love Lost in Translation: Homosexuality & Bible
Are gender roles and expectations a result of the Fall? Katie has a go at this and other questions about faith and being trans.
The Transsexual and the Cross: Disproving Sin Myth