Great to be with Kate Reynolds as she was priested today in Old St Paul’s.
Congratulations to her and to the congregation.
6 responses to “LGBT Booklist”
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Mario Bergner, “Setting Love in Order”
Sorry, couldn’t resist…
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Exile or Embrace , Mahon Siler. Not so much for LGBT as for those who need to hear stories and have no one to tell them. It’s about how a congregation worked through the process of how (and whether) to welcome gay people.
James Alison’s Faith Beyond Resentment is equally important. I wonder if the chapter on the dynamics of exclusion shouldn’t be required reading for all Christians.
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Thanks for that Kelvin. Post – exam (May 7th) I plan on reading some of them. I can’t help but giggle at the fact that “Know My Name:Gay Liberation Theology” is published by “John Knox Press” however; what would old John have thought of the Polo Lounge ;-)?
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Not only relevant for addressing LGBT issues, Jack Spong’s The Sins of Scripture is also very useful.
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I have recently very much enjoyed Richard Holloway’s Leaving Alexandria. Whilst not a book about gays and the Church it does touch on this issue on several occasions and I found it to be an engrossing read.
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“Gift by Otherness” Wm countryman and MR Ritley is quite good.
Previous Posts
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Back to work
Back to work today after a fortnight’s holiday. Most of the mail was responses to a consultation document that I’ve published about one or two aspects of the cathedral’s life. I’ve put a copy on the blog too in another post. Responses are welcome from far afield as well as from within our own community.…
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Consultation Paper
The following paper has been published to the congregation. Comments welcome from outside the community as well as within. Dear Friends I spent some time this week reading a sermon that was preached by a former Provost of this church some years ago. It contained the following quote: I remember in my third week at…
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Blog Migration
I’ll be migrating this blog over the next day or so. I’m moving from postnuke to wordpress. Those who read via RSS may need to resubscribe. UPDATE – Wednesday 1930 The update is now complete. Whole site moved from one CMS to another. Like the redesign? You need to refresh the page a few times…
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Two weeks off
Someone has started a Wikipedia entry on me. I’m trying to follow the convention that you don’t edit the entry about yourself. Not easy. Do fill in the blanks.Two weeks off blogging is in order I think. Back soon. Comment moderation on until I get back.
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