Homosexuality, Christian Faith and the Church


Online resources

  • Membership, Ministry and Human Sexuality - a statement of the United Church of Canada
     
  • Crux - a website and mailing list from the Sexuality Project of the Australian Student Christian Movement (ASCM), for "lesbian, gay, and other non-heterosexually identifying people, and friends", to discuss sexuality and the body, theologies of liberation from a queer perspective, and finding acceptance within the church and wider communities

Print publications

  • Sean Gill (ed), The Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement, Cassell, London, 1998.
  • Robert Goss, Jesus Acted Up: A Gay and Lesbian Manifesto, Harper, San Francisco, 1993.
  • Carter Heyward, Our Passion for Justice, Pilgrim Press, New York, 1984.
  • Carter Heyward, Touching Our Strength, Harper Collins, San Francisco, 1989.
  • James B. Nelson & Sandra P Longfellow (eds), Sexuality and the Sacred: Sources for Theological Reflection, John Knox Press, Louisville, 1994.
  • Geoff Scott, 'When Relationality Takes Centre Stage: Sexuality, Homosexuality and Self-Transcendence', Occasional Paper No. 11, Uniting Church, Sydney, 1995.
  • Jeffrey S. Siker (ed), Homosexuality in the Church: Both Sides of the Debate, Westminster John Knox, Louisville, 1994.
  • M Soards, Scripture and Homosexuality, 1995.
  • John Spong, Living in Sin, Harper Collins, San Francisco, 1990.

Periodicals

  • Coming Out Alive - a magazine launched at the Uniting Network Daring Conference, Adelaide, long weekend in June, 2000. The Uniting Network is "a support and advocacy network for gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender people, their friends and families, within the Uniting Church". The magazine provides resources that affirm the experiences of gay and lesbian Christians, and an extensive reading list, website resources and contact details for support groups in the Uniting Church, Anglican and Catholic traditions.
    Contact: Rod Pattenden
    Paddington Uniting Church, PO Box 379 Paddington, NSW 2021
    Ph: 02 9331 2646   Fax: 02 9331 4864   eastside@ihug.com.au