A Bibliography: Sex and Gender

Homosexuality and the Church - an ongoing Bibliography

I have placed the 'bibliography' in alphabetical order of the Author's surname. I have further divided the various resources into i - Books, i.a - Books by SSA/LGBT* Christians, iii - Bibles/Biblical Commentaries and iv - articles and Blog posts (incomplete). It goes without saying that a books inclusion here does not imply I agree with all or any of its contents. In fact, I believe we will only 'get anywhere' on this topic by reading deeply and widely. Where a book's title is hyperlinked, that link reflects a link to my own review of that book. This review is compiled by me, a young (White, male, cis, married, English) evangelical theology student in the Vineyard Movement, and reflects that. Any and all recommendations are more than welcome.

i - Books

Bell, Rob, Sex God, (Collins, London, 2012)

Bonhoeffer, Dietrich, Ethics, (Fortress Press, Minneapolis, 2009) 

Boswell, John, Christianity, Social Tolerance, and Homosexuality, (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1980) 

Brandon, Guy, Just Sex - Is it ever just sex?, (IVP, Nottingham, 2009) 

Ed., Brawley, Robert L., Biblical Ethics and Homosexuality, (Westminster John Knox Press, Louisville, 1996) (multiperspective)

Brooten, E., Love Between Women: Early Christian Responses to Female Homoeroticism, (University of Chicago Press, Chicago, 1996)

Butler, Judith, Gender Trouble: Feminism and the Subversion of Idenity, (Routledge, London, 2006)

Burk, Denny, What is the Meaning of Sex?, (Crossway, Wheaton, 2013)

Coakley, Sarah, God, Sexuality, and the Self, (Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, 2013)

Collins, Ramond F., Divorce in the New Testament, (Liturgical Press, Minnesota, 1992) 

Ed., Cornwall, Susannah, SCM Core Text: Theology and Sexuality, (SCM Press, London, 2013)

Davidson, Richard M., Flame of Yahweh: Sexuality in the Old Testament, (Hendrickson, Peabody, 2007) 

Ed., Davies, Jon & Loughlin, Gerald, Sex These Days: Essays on Theology, Sexuality and Society, (Sheffield Academic Press, Sheffield, 1997) (multi-perspective)

Demin, Will, Paul on Marriage and Celibacy: The Hellenistic Background of 1 Corinthians 7, (Eerdmanns, Grand Rapids, 2004)
France, R. T., A Slippery Slope? The Ordination of Women and Homosexual Practice: A Case Study, (Grove, 2000)

Gagnon, Robert, The Bible and Homosexual Practice: Texts and Hermeneutics, (Abingdon Press, Nashville, 2001)

Ed., Goddard, Andrew & Horrocks, Don, Biblical and Pastoral Responses to Homosexuality, (Evangelical Alliance, London, 2012) 
Gomez, D. J., Ed., True Union in the Body, (Grove, 2002)

Grenz, Stanley J., Welcoming But Not Affirming: Evangelical Responses to Homosexuality, (Westminster John Knox, 1998)

Foucault, Michel, 3 vols ‘The History of Sexuality’, (Penguin, London, 1998 + 1992 + 1990 [trans. from French]) (basic philosophical text on the topic)

Hays, Richard B., The Moral Vision  of the New Testament, (T&T Clark, Edinburgh, 1996) 

Helminiak, Daniel A., What the Bible Really Says About Homosexuality, (Alamo Square) 

Heimbach, Daniel R., True Sexual Morality: Recovering Biblical Standards for a Culture in Crisis, (Crossway, Wheaton, 2004) 

Holcomb, Justin S. and Lindsay A., Rid of My Disgrace: Hope and Healing for Victims of Sexual Assault, (Crossway, Wheaton, 2011) 
Irigaray, Luce, (trans. Burke and Gill), An Ethics of Sexual Difference, (London, Athlone Press, 1993(

Ed., Keane, Christopher, What Some of You Were: stories about Christians and homosexuality, (Good Book Company, 2001) 

Keller, Tim, Generous Justice, (Hodder & Stoughton, London, 2010) 
- The Meaning of Marriage, (Hodder and Stoughton, London, ____)

Klawans, Jonathan, Impurity and Sin in Ancient Judaism, (Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2000)

Kostenberger, Andreas J. and Jones, David W., God, Marriage and Family, (Crossway, Wheaton, 2010)

Kuehne, Dale S., Sex and the iWorld, (Baker Academic, Grand Rapids, 2009) C, A

Loader, W. Sexuality in the New Testament: Understanding the Key Texts, (SPCK, London, 2010) [Loaders wider corpus is important]
- The Septuagint, Sexuality, and the New Testament: Case Studies on the Impact of the LXX in Philo and the New Testament, (Eerdmans, Cambridge, 2004)
Lovelace, Richard F., Homosexuality and the Church: Crisis, Conflict, and Compassion, (The Lamp Press, London, 1978) 

Lundin, Roger; Walhout, Clarence and Thiselton, Anthony C., The Promise of Hermeneutics, (Eerdmans, Cambridge, 1999)

Mann, Rachel, Dazzling Darkness: Gender, sexuality, illness and God, (Wild Goose, Glasgow, 2012)

Marin, Andrew, “Love is an Orientation”, (InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, 2009) 
Martin, Dale. B. Sex and the Single Savior: Gender and Sexuality in Biblical Interpretation, (Westminster John Knox Press, Grand Rapids, 2010)

Mohler, Albert, Desire and Deceit, (

Nathan, Rich, Who is My Enemy? Welcoming the people the church rejects, (Zondervan, Grand Rapids, 2003) 

Olsen, Roger E., The Mosaic of Christian Belief: Twenty Centuries of Unity and Diversity, (InterVarsity Press, Downer’s Grove, 2002) 

Payne, Tone and Jensen, Philip, Pure Sex, (Matthias Media, Kingsford, 1998) 

Pittenger, Norman, Time for Consent: A Christian’s Approach to Homosexuality, (SCM, London, 1970) 

Pollock, Nigel, The Relationships Revolution, (IVP, Leicester, 1998)

Primoatz, Igor, Ethics and Sex, (Routledge, London, 1999) (quote “I suggest that sex has no particular moral significance and that, accordingly, there is no distinctively sexual morality” Interesting!)

Richardson, J. God, Sex and Marriage: Guidelines from 1 Corinthians 7, (St. Matthias Press, Sydney, 1998)
Roberts, Christopher C., Creation and Covenant: The Significance of Sexual Difference in the Moral Theology of Marriage, (T&T Clark, London, 2007) 

Rodgers, Jack, Jesus, The Bible, and Homosexuality; Explode the Myths, Heal the Church,  (Westminster John Knox, Lousville, 2006)
Rogers, Eugene. F. Sexuality and the Christian Body: Their Way into the Triune God, (Blackwell, Oxford, 1999)

Sanlon, Peter, Plastic People: How Queer Theory is Changing Us, (Latimer Trust, London, 2010) 

Schanckenberg, Rudolf, The Moral Teaching of the New Testament, (Burns & Oates, Tunbridge Wells, 1982) 
Schmidt, Thomas E., Straight and Narrow: Compassion and Clarity in the Homosexuality Debate, (InterVarsity Press, Downers Grove, 1995)

Scroggs, Robin, The New Testament and Homosexuality, (Fortress Press, Philadelphia, 1984)

Soards, Marion L., Scripture and Homosexuality: Biblical Authority and the Church Today, (Westminster John Knox, Louisville, 1995)

Spong, John Shelby, Living in Sin? A Bishop Rethinks Human Sexuality, (Harper Collins, New York, 1988)

Storkey, Elaine, Men and Women: Created or Constructed?, (Paternoster Press, Carlisle, 2000)

Stott, John, Christ the Controversialist, (Tyndale Press, London, 1970)

Switzer, David K., Pastoral Care of Gays, Lesbians and Their Families, (Augsburg Fortress, Minneapolis, 1999)

Thatcher, Adrian, Liberating Sex: A Christian Sexual Theology, (SPCK, London, 1993)

 -  Making Sense of Sex”, (SPCK, London, 2012) 

Thielicke, Helmut, The Ethics of Sex, (James Clarke & Co., Cambridge, 1978) 

Thiselton, Anthony C., The Hermeneutics of Doctrine, (Eerdmans, Cambridge, 2007)

Thiselton, Anthony C., New Horizons in Hermeneutics, (Harper Collins, London, 1992)
Tripp, Paul, Sex and Money, (IVP, Nottingham, 2013)

Tylee, Alex, Walking with Gay Friends, (IVP, Nottingham, ____) 

Michael Vasey, Strangers and Friends: A New Exploration of Homosexuality and the Bible, (Hodder and Stoughton, London, 1995)
Webb, William, Slaves, Women and Homosexuals, (InterVaristy Press, Downers Grove, 2001)

Williams Paris, Jenell, “The End of Sexual Identity”, (Intervarsity Press, Downers Grove, 2011)

Wilson, Ken, A Letter to my Congregation, (David Crumm, 2013) [Kindle Edition]

Wold, Donald. J, Out of Order: Homosexuality in the Bible and the Ancient Near East, (Cedar Leaf Press, San Antonio, 2009) 

Worthen, Anita and Davies, Bob, Someone I Love is Gay, (InterVarsity Press, Downers Grover, 1996) 

Wright, Christopher J. H., Old Testament Ethics for the People of God, (IVP, Nottingham, 2004)

Volf, Miroslav, Exclusion and Embrace: A Theological Exploration of Identity, Otherness and Reconciliation, (Abingdon Press, Nashville, 1996)

i.a -Books by Gay Christians/Christians who identify as Same-sex attracted/LGBT* (a variety of perspectives/interpretations)

Allberry, Sam, Is God anti-gay? And other questions about homosexuality, the Bible and same-sex attraction, (The Good Book Company, Croydon, 2013) 

John, Jeffrey, Permanent, Faithful, Stable: Christian Same-sex Marriage, (D.L.T, London, 2012) (Portayed as academic but not deep enough. Need to read 2012 not earlier edition)

Hill, Wesley, Washed and Waiting: Reflections on Christian Faithfulness and Homosexuality, (Zondervan, Grand Rapids, 2010)

Lee, Justin, Torn: Rescuing the Gospel from the Gays-vs-Christians Debate, (Jericho Books, New York, 2012) 

Roberts, Vaughan, Battles Christians Face, (Authentic Media, Milton Keynes, 2007 [NEWER EDITION]) 

- True Friendship, (10Publishing, Farington, 2013)(helpful pastoral book)
Vines, Matthew, God and the Gay Christian, (Convergent, ____, 2014)

i.b - Specifically ‘Anglican’ multi-perspective volumes

Ed., Bradshaw, Timothy, The Way Forward, (SCM, London, 2003)

Ed., Groves, Philip, The Anglican Communion and Homosexuality: A resource to enable listening and dialogue, (SPCK, London, 2008) 

Some Issues in Human Sexuality - A Guide to the Debate, (Church House Publishing, London, 2003)

Ed., Nolland, Lisa & Sugden, Chris & Finch, Sarah, God, Gays and the Church, (Latimer Trust, London, 2008) C

iii - Bibles and Biblical Commentaries

This, in contrast to the preceding sections, echoes only what I have read, and my textual focus has been on the New Testament texts. Naturally, other texts should be studied.

The ESV Study Bible

Holman Christian Standard Bible

New Revised Standard Version

Greek New Testament

The Interlinear Bible

Romans incomplete in my reading…

Barrett, C. K., “The Epistle to the Romans” (A. and C. Black, London, 1962)

Barth, Karl, “The Epistle to the Romans”, (Oxford University Press, London, 1968)

Calvin, John, “Commentary on the Epistle to the Romans”, (Baker Books, Grand Rapids, 2009)

Kasemann, Ernst, “Commentary on Romans”, (SCM Press, London, 1980)

Moo, Douglas J., "The Epistle to the Romans, The New International Commentary on the New Testament", (Eerdmans,  Grand Rapids, 1996)

Oxborne, Grant R., “Romans”, (IVP, Leicester, 2004)

Stott, “The Message of Romans”, (IVP, Nottingham, 1994)

Wright, Tom, “Paul For Everyone: Romans Part 1”, (SPCK, London, 2003)

1 Corinthians

Barrett, C. K., “The First Epistle to the Corinthians”, (A and C Black, London, 1987)

Calvin, John, “Commentary on the 1st Epistle to the Corinthians”, (Baker Books, Grand Rapids, 2009)

Fee, Gordon, “The First Epistle to the Corinthians”, (Eerdmans, Grand Rapids, 1987)

Hargreaves, John, “A Guide to 1 Corinthians”, (SPCK, London, 1978)

Hering, Jean, “The First Epistle of Saint Paul to the Corinthians”, (The Epworth Press, London, 1962)

Hodge, Charles, “1 & 2 Corinthians”, (Banner of Truth, Edinburgh, 2000)

Kovacs, Judith L., “1 Corinthians: Interpreted by Early Christian Commentators”, (Eerdmans, Cambridge, 2005)

Morris, Leon, “1 Corinthians”, (IVP, Leicester, 1985)

Thiselton, Anthony, “The First Epistle to the Corinthians”, (Eerdmans, Cambridge, 2000)

- “1 Corinthians: A Shorter Exegetical & Pastoral Commentary”, (Eerdmans, Cambridge, 2006)

Wright, Tom, “Paul For Everyone: 1 Corinthians” (SPCK, London, 2003)

- "The New Interpreter's Bible: Acts - 1 Corinthians: Volume 10", (Abingdon Press, Nashville, 2002)

The New Bible Commentary, IVP

The Oxford Companion to the Bible, Oxford University Press

Peake’s Commentary on the Bible, Nelson

Matthew Henry’s Commentary on the Whole Bible,

Pawson, David, “Unlocking the Bible Omnibus”

iv - Articles and Blog Posts - INCOMPLETE (this is an understatement)

Interview with Vaughan Roberts, http://www.e-n.org.uk/p-6028-A-battle-I-face.htm

Peter Ould, Literal Meaning of Arsenokoites, http://www.peter-ould.net/2009/07/12/sexuality-and-slavery-part-three/

John Milbank, “Gay Marriage and the Future of Human Sexuality”, http://www.abc.net.au/religion/articles/2012/03/13/3452229.htm

Roger Scruton and Philip Blond, “Marriage: Union for the future or contract for the present”, http://www.respublica.org.uk/item/Marriage-Union-for-the-future-or-contract-for-the-present-

Tom Wright, “The Americans Know this will end in Schism”, http://www.fulcrum-anglican.org.uk/page.cfm?ID=445

- "Communion and Koinonia: Pauline Reflections on Tolerance and Boundaries". A paper given at the Future of Anglicanism Conference, Oxford, 2002
Rowan Williams, The Body's Grace, http://www.igreens.org.uk/bodys_grace.htm

Various, "Living Out", (Website featuring various media from same-sex attracted Christians)

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