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