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Resources for LGBTQ+ inclusion in Scripture & Queer Theology

As a follow up to our Live Theology Thursday event this past June 4, we wanted to provide a list of readings and resources for LGBTQ+ inclusion in Scripture & Queer Theology.

We’ve written a blogpost on our view here: https://www.forefrontnyc.com/blog/is-being-gay-a-sin

In addition, there are more resources below:

I. Apologetics

First, we offer an approach that seeks to re-interpret the “clobber passages” that are about homosexuality.

These resources ask, “Can LGBTQ people be fully included in the church?”

On same-sex relationships:

Blogposts:

https://www.erinrgreen.com/2019/11/11/romans-1-the-breakdown

http://www.canyonwalkerconnections.com/1-corinthians-1-timothy-say-sex-behavior/

http://www.canyonwalkerconnections.com/the-word-homosexual-in-the-1946-rsv-bible-a-moral-wrong-based-on-a-factual-error-2/

Podcasts:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-25-unclobber/id1078999813?i=1000377914314

Website:

https://reformationproject.org/

Books:

https://books.google.com/books/about/Unclobber.html?id=TRuajwEACAAJ 

On trans identity:

Blogposts:

https://www.christiancentury.org/article/critical-essay/nonbinary-gender-and-diverse-beauty-creation

Books:

http://www.austenhartke.com/book

Here is Jonathan Williams’ book on his story and his dad’s, which includes a chapter or two on the Bible https://shesmydad.com/writer

On intersex:

https://www.intersexandfaith.org/about

Videos:

Hartke has his own YouTube series: https://www.youtube.com/user/ArienKatrim

II. Scriptural Interpretation

Here are resources that provide ways to shift paradigms for interpreting scripture, as it pertains to LGBTQ people, more broadly.

Blogposts:

https://www.patheos.com/blogs/storiedtheology/2016/02/27/trajectories-toward-gay-inclusion/

https://www.futurechurchnow.com/2016/04/21/part-15-david-gushee-on-ending-the-teaching-of-contempt/

https://www.forefrontnyc.com/blog/is-being-gay-a-sin 

Website:

https://www.queertheology.com/resources/

http://www.queergrace.com/

Podcast:

https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/to-be-gay-affirming-10/id1448000113?i=1000430559736

Books:

Richard Rohr's book, Things Hidden: Scripture as Spirituality.

Pete Enn’s book, How to Read the Bible

III. QUEER THEOLOGY

This is more about integrating queer theory with the Christian tradition. These resources ask, “What do LGBTQ people have to offer the church? How do we read the Bible through a queer lens and find queer elements in our tradition as a whole?”

Sermons:

Acts 8 eunuch:  

https://www.forefrontnyc.com/sundays-archive/lent1

Joseph and his technicolor dream coat: https://decolonizelutheranism.org/2017/11/joseph-a-sermon-for-trans-day-of-remembrance-2017

On scars in Jesus’ hands and the scars left post-surgery for trans folks: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fsUM7ydXTDI&t=7909s (Asher’s sermon at QCF)

Websites:

https://www.queertheology.com

http://www.queergrace.com/

Books:

https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Love-Introduction-Queer-Theology/dp/1596271329

http://www.austenhartke.com/book

https://qspirit.net/marcella-althaus-reid-queer-theology/