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Gay Theology

Author,Title and Publisher
Gay theological journal : homosexual hermeneutics on religion & the scriptures. (1997). (pp. v.). Manassas, Va.: Mentor Press.
Alexander, M. B., & Preston, J. (1996). We were baptized too : claiming God's grace for lesbians and gays (1st ed.). Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox Press.
Althaus-Reid, M. (2003). The queer God. London ; New York: Routledge.
Althaus-Reid, M., & Isherwood, L. (2004). The sexual theologian : essays on sex, God and politics. London ; New York: T & T Clark International.
Arpin, R. L. (1993). Wonderfully, fearfully made : letters on living with hope, teaching understanding, and ministering with love, from a gay Catholic priest with AIDS (1st ed.). [San Francisco]: HarperSanFrancisco.
Balka, C., & Rose, A. (1989). Twice blessed : on being lesbian, gay, and Jewish. Boston: Beacon Press.
Besen, W. R. (2003). Anything but straight : unmasking the scandals and lies behind the ex-gay myth. New York: Harrington Park Press.
Boswell, J. (1980). Christianity, social tolerance, and homosexuality : gay people in Western Europe from the beginning of the Christian era to the fourteenth century. Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Bradshaw, T. (2003). The way forward? : Christian voices on homosexuality and the church (2nd ed.). London: SCM Press.
Brash, A. A. (1995). Facing our differences : the churches and their gay and lesbian members. Geneva: WCC Publications.
Bromell, D. (1991). Love unbounded : on being gay or lesbian and Christian. Orewa, N.Z.: Colcom Press.
Bromell, D., & Methodists for Lesbians and Gay Concerns Network Aotearoa. (1992). Claiming our place : proceedings of the 1992 Lesbian, Gay and Christian National Conference, Wellington, New Zealand, Labour Weekend, October 23-26, 1992. Wellington, N.Z.: Organising Committee of the Conference.
Brown, T. (2006). Other voices, other worlds : the global church speaks out on homosexuality. London: Darton, Longman and Todd Ltd.
Burger, G., & Kruger, S. F. (2001). Queering the Middle Ages. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Cherry, K., & Sherwood, Z. O. (1995). Equal rites : lesbian and gay worship, ceremonies, and celebrations (1st ed.). Louisville, Ky.: Westminster/John Knox Press.
Childs, J. M. (2003). Faithful conversation : Christian perspectives on homosexuality. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress.
Cobb, M. L. (2006). God hates fags : the rhetorics of religious violence. New York: New York University Press.
Comstock, G. D. (1993). Gay theology without apology. Cleveland, Ohio: Pilgrim Press.
Countryman, L. W., & Ritley, M. R. (2001). Gifted by otherness : gay and lesbian Christians in the church. Harrisburg, PA: Morehouse Pub.
Ellison, M. M. (1996). Erotic justice : a liberating ethic of sexuality (1st ed.). Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox Press.
Ford, M. (2005). Disclosures : conversations gay and spiritual. Cambridge, Mass.: Cowley Publications.
Gaede, B. A. (1998). Congregations talking about homosexuality : dialogue on a difficult issue. [Bethesda, Md.]: Alban Institute.
Glaser, C. (1988). Uncommon calling : a gay man's struggle to serve the Church. San Francisco: Harper & Row.
Glaser, C. (1996). Uncommon calling ; a gay Christian's struggle to serve the church. Louisville, Ky.: Westminster John Knox Press.
Goodich, M. (1979). The unmentionable vice : homosexuality in the later medieval period. Santa Barbara, Calif.: Ross-Erikson.
Gramick, J., & Furey, P. (1988). The Vatican and homosexuality : reactions to the "Letter to the bishops of the Catholic Church on the pastoral care of homosexual persons". New York: Crossroad.
Hamilton, C. S. (2003). The homosexuality debate : faith seeking understanding. Toronto, Ont., Canada: ABC Pub.
Hanway, D. G. (2006). A theology of gay and lesbian inclusion : love letters to the church. New York: Pastoral Press.
Haskell, C. W. (1977). Homosexuality and the Christian. [Waikanae: C. W. Haskell.
Jakobsen, J. R., & Pellegrini, A. (2003). Love the sin : sexual regulation and the limits of religious tolerance. New York: New York University Press.
Johnson, W. S. (2006). A time to embrace : same-gender relationships in religion, law, and politics. Grand Rapids, Mich.: William B. Eerdmans Pub. Co.
Kuefler, M. (2006). The Boswell thesis : essays on Christianity, social tolerance, and homosexuality. Chicago, Ill.: University of Chicago Press.
Loughlin, G. (2007). Queer theology : rethinking the western body. Malden, MA: Blackwell Pub.
McNeill, J. J. (1995). Freedom, glorious freedom : the spiritual journey to the fullness of life for gays, lesbians, and everybody else. Boston: Beacon Press.
Moberly, E. R. (1983). Homosexuality : a new Christian ethic. Cambridge, [Cambridgeshire]: J. Clarke.
Mollenkott, V. R. (1992). Sensuous spirituality : out from fundamentalism. New York: Crossroad.
Moon, D. (2004). God, sex, and politics : homosexuality and everyday theologies Chicago: University of Chicago Press.
Moore, S. D. (2001). God's beauty parlor : and other queer spaces in and around the Bible. Stanford, Calif.: Stanford University Press.
Nessan, C. L. (2004). Many members, yet one body : committed same-gender relationships and the mission of the church. Minneapolis: Augsburg Fortress.
Oliveto, K. P., Turney, K., & West, T. C. (2005). Talking about homosexuality : a congregational resource. Cleveland: Pilgrim Press.
Olyan, S. M., & Nussbaum, M. C. (1998). Sexual orientation & human rights in American religious discourse. New York: Oxford University Press.
Peck, S. (1995). All-American boy : a memoir. New York: Scribner.
Pronk, P. (1993). Against nature? : types of moral argumentation regarding homosexuality Grand Rapids, Mich.: W.B. Eerdmans.
Rae, M., & Redding, G. (2000). More than a single issue : theological considerations concerning the ordination of practising homosexuals. Hindmarsh, SA: Australian Theological Forum.
Rambuss, R. (1998). Closet devotions Durham, NC: Duke University Press.
Rogers, E. F. (1999). Sexuality and the Christian body : their way into the triune God. Malden, Mass.: Blackwell.
Rosser, B. R. S. (1992). Gay Catholics down under : the journeys in sexuality and spirituality of gay men in Australia and New Zealand. Westport, Conn.: Praeger.
Shinnick, M. (1997). This remarkable gift : being gay and Catholic. St. Leonards, NSW, Australia: Allen & Unwin.
Siler, M. (2005). Exile or embrace? : congregations discerning their response to gay and lesbian Christians. Cleveland, Ohio: Pilgrim Press.
St. Christopher, V. M., & St. Christopher, K. (2000). No exceptions : a gay Christian's guide (2nd ed.). Canton, Ohio: Creative Works Pub.
St. John, S. (1994). The homophobic healer : a primer for gays, lesbians, and the families and friends who love them (1st ed.). Denver, Colo.: Goddess Express Press.
Stuart, E. (1997). Religion is a queer thing : a guide to the Christian faith for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgendered people. London ; Washington: Cassell.
Switzer, D. K., & Switzer, D. K. (1996). Coming out as parents : you and your homosexual child (1st ed.). Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox Press.
Tigert, L. M. (1996). Coming out while staying in : struggles and celebrations of lesbians, gays, and bisexuals in the church. Cleveland, Ohio: United Church Press.
Tigert, L. M. (1999). Coming out through fire : surviving the trauma of homophobia. Cleveland, Ohio: United Church Press.
Tigert, L. M., & Brown, T. J. (2001). Coming out young and faithful. Cleveland, Ohio: Pilgrim Press.
Waun, M. C. (1999). More than welcome : learning to embrace gay, lesbian, bisexual, and transgendered persons in the church. St. Louis, Mo.: Chalice Press.
White, M. (2006). Religion gone bad : the hidden dangers of the Christian right. New York: J.P. Tarcher/Penguin.
Wilcox, M. M. (2003). Coming out in Christianity : religion, identity, and community. Bloomington: Indiana University Press.
Williams, B. K. (2005). Ministering graciously to the gay and lesbian community : pouring in the oil and the wine. Shippensburg, PA: Destiny Image Publishers.
Williams, R., & Williams, R. (1993). Just as I am : a practical guide to being out, proud, and Christian (1st HarperPerennial ed.). New York: HarperPerennial.
Yarhouse, M. A., & Tan, E. S.-N. (2004). Sexual identity synthesis : attributions, meaning-making, and the search for congruence. Lanham, MD ; Oxford: University Press of America.
Yip, A. K. T. (1997). Gay male Christian couples : life stories. Westport, Conn.: Praeger.

Gay Biography

Allan, J. (1996). Growing up gay : New Zealand men tell their stories. Auckland, N.Z.: Godwit.
Altman, D. (1997). Defying gravity : a political life. St Leonards, NSW: Allen & Unwin.
Brown, J. C. (1986). Immodest acts : the life of a lesbian nun in Renaissance Italy. New York: Oxford University Press.
Conigrave, T. (1995). Holding the man. Melbourne: McPhee Gribble.
Ely, S. E., & ebrary Inc. (1998). In Jewish Texas a family memoir. from http://site.ebrary.com/lib/auckland/Doc?id=10015866
Hallett, N. (1999). Lesbian lives : identity and auto/biography in the twentieth century. London ; Sterling, Va.: Pluto Press.
McCormack, J. H. (2000). The man who was Dorian Gray. Basingstoke: Palgrave.
Seel, P., & Le Bitoux, J. (1995). I, Pierre Seel, deported homosexual : a memoir of Nazi terror. New York: Basic Books.
Sherman, P., & Bernstein, S. (1994). Uncommon heroes : a celebration of heroes and role models for gay and lesbian Americans. New York: Fletcher Press.
Virtue, N. (1995). Once a Brethren boy. Auckland, N.Z.: Vintage.

Gay Christian Fiction

Chee, A. (2001). Edinburgh (1st ed.). New York: Welcome Rain Publishers.
Meeker, R. (2000). Better angel (4th Alyson ed.). Los Angeles, Calif.: Alyson Publications.
 
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